I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Misfortune Quotes, Pain Quotes

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

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...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

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...