Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become...

I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become...