Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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...

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...

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

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...

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...