The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

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...

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.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

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.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

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.

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

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