If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Good order is the foundation of all good things

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

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

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

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.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

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...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak...

Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak...

Never make the mistake of assuming the critters will beat a path to your door.

Never make the mistake of assuming the critters will beat a path to your door.