Quote by Edmund Burke
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and im

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

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Society
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke

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Pessimism
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations. – Edmund Burke

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Nature
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What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. – Robin G. Collingwood

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In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield

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When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. – St. Gregory The Great

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Shame

He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Shame

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Pornography tells lies about women. But pornography tells the truth about men. – John Stoltenberg

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Ive said all along that God is in control. – Tony Dungy

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Im not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago. – Chris Hemsworth

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A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears. – Anne Roiphe

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