Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. Edmund Burke Life
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. Edmund Burke Men
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Edmund Burke Age
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. Edmund Burke Freedom
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Edmund Burke Politics
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. Edmund Burke Imagination
People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. Edmund Burke Hope
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. Edmund Burke Religion