Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful dominion over the passions than the art of painting

Quote by Edmund Burke

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The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

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

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

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...

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...

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

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...

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...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.

Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...