Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

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

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

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

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,...

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

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.

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...

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

The mind can also be an erogenous zone

The mind can also be an erogenous zone