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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

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 first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

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

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

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

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...

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.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

It is not well to make great changes in old age.