| 115 Famous Quotes by Edmund Burke
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“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.”
Curiosity Quotes |
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“In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.”
Legislators Quotes |
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“She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Men and women Quotes |
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“It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.”
Mystery Quotes |
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“Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.”
Novelty Quotes |
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“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
Patience Quotes |
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“By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.”
Perseverance Quotes |
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“Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.”
Poetry Quotes |
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“I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.”
Power Quotes |
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“Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes |
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“Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.”
Revolution Quotes |
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“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”
Superstition Quotes |
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“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.”
Tax Quotes |
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“If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.”
Virtue Quotes |
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“I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.”
War Quotes |
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Edmund Burke Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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