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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

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;...

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;...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

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...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

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

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

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,...

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...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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...