56 Edmund Burke Quotes for You to Enjoy

Edmund Burke

Irish Statesman

Born: Jan 12, 1729

Died: Jul 9, 1797

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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. Edmund Burke

Mind First Emotion Simplest Discover Curiosity Human Which Human Mind

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. Edmund Burke

Food Mind Facts Body

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil. Edmund Burke

Soil Weed Every Grows Slavery

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke

Our Nerves He Sharpens Antagonist Us Skill Helper Strengthens

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. Edmund Burke

Rat Nation Through Drown Gnawing May Even

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. Edmund Burke

Religion Nothing Indifference Fatal

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 Gone Economists Glory Forever Succeeded Chivalry Europe Extinguished

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. Edmund Burke

Art Nothing Shadows Poetry Existence Lending

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. Edmund Burke

God Man Also Ever

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

Society Civil Nobility Polished Graceful Order Capital Ornament

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. Edmund Burke

Health You Be Happy Happy Virtue Well Without May

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. Edmund Burke

Business Seen Understanding Took Those Mended Lead Never Observations Were Been Inferior Person Any Which Plan Much Who

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. Edmund Burke

Tyrants Seldom Want

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke

Sense Community Follow Dress Give General Direction General Sense True Force Effect End Legislature Form Public Sanction Inclination Technical Specific