Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. – Edmund Burke
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. – Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. – Edmund Burke
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
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. – Edmund Burke
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke
If the grain were separated from the chaff which fills the Works of our National Poets, what is truly valuable would be to what is useless in the proportion of a mole-hill to a mountain. – Edmund Burke
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. – Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows. – Edmund Burke
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. – Edmund Burke
It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. – Edmund Burke
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. – Edmund Burke
