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Edmund Burke
To read without...
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Source: In The...
The first and...
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
Some degree of...
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and...
It is the...
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
Source: First Speech on...
He that wrestles...
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our...
Education is the...
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
History is a...
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
Source: In The...
A thing may...
A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice; a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in...
Good order is...
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Source: Reflections on the Revolution...
Flattery corrupts both...
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
Source: Reflections on the...
Great men are...
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
Source: In Correct Quotes...
Politics and the...
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Source: Reflections...
Poetry is the...
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
I know of...
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
Source: In The...
It is a...
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its...
He was not...
He was not merely a chip of the old block, but the old block itself.
Source:...
You cannot plan...
You cannot plan the future by the past.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
To innovate is...
To innovate is not to reform.
Source: Letter to a Noble Lord (published in Works,...
Never despair, but...
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...
Our patience will...
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Source: Reflections on the...