But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the...

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the...

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

100 calorie packs aren't so bad if you have 3 or 4 of them.

100 calorie packs aren't so bad if you have 3 or 4 of them.