There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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...

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

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

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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,...

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

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

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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...

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

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

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

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.

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...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...