Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Reflections on the Revolution in France,
-- Letter i, On a Regicide Peace, Vol. v, p. 331
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Reflections on the Revolution in France,
-- Letter i, On a Regicide Peace, Vol. v, p. 331
Related:
- All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution... - All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous,
of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed... - You can never plan the future by the past.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, -- Letter... - The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, -- Preface... - The men of England,--the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution... - And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity
they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution... - Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution... - In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise
of authority as to a pitiful job,
but as to a holy function. -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)... - Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution...
From the same category:
- Q: Why don't lawyers go to the beach?
A:
The cats keep trying to bury them... - Being stoned on marijuana isn't very different from being stoned on
gin.
Ralph... - Awww... Cut it out.
-- John Bobbitt
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Famous Last... - And some fell upon stony ground and had no THC
at all... - Blore's Razor:
Given a choice between two theories,
take the one which is funnier...
