215 ordspråk av Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke föddes den January 12th 1729 och dog den 9 July 1797 - English statesman
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 Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than be ruined by too confident a security |
| But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. |
| But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. |
| But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. |
| By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. |
| Calamity is man's true touchstone |
| Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. |
| Custom reconciles us to everything |
| Dangers by being despised grow great |
| Early and provident fear is the mother of safety |
| Education is the cheap defense of nations |
| Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. |
| Facts are to the mind what food is to the body |
| Falsehood is a perennial spring. |
| Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. |
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