By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
EDMUND BURKE
EDMUND BURKE
Edmund Burke on mistake
Edmund Burke107 quotes“By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.”
More from Edmund Burke
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Lil WayneLil Wayne The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.
Earl NightingaleEarl Nightingale If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you’ve done nothing for her, it’s obvious she’s a keeper. But it’s also obvious you don’t deserve her.
Lil WayneLil Wayne It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.
Vladimir LeninVladimir Lenin The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes. In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago.
Princess DianaPrincess Diana Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!
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