Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
EDMUND BURKEMere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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