Edmund Burke on gentle
Edmund Burke107 quotes“Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.”
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke A great empire and little minds go ill together.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Good order is the foundation of all things.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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More on gentle
The trust to hold what is delicate within you should only be given to someone whose hands are as gentle as your heart.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens Her touch is tender but her fierce heart is untamed. She doesn’t know how to love gently. She will drown you with her unyielding passion.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney Be gentle with yourself, my child. In your hands you hold all that is precious within you.
JN FenwickJN Fenwick Hope is the gentle salve the world needs.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson No matter how many storms pass through it, this heart is still a gentle thing.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Today I am broken but tomorrow I will be gentle, I will be kind and i will bloom again.
Court YoungCourt Young I do not know how to love gently. Devour me completely leaving no insecurities behind. Let me taste every drop of your devotion. Lets run like the wolves and never let go.
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