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“We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.”

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Edmund Burke, a British statesman and writer, was born on January 12, 1729, and died on July 9, 1797. He was one of the most prominent political thinkers of the 18th century, known for his profound insights into liberty, democracy, and conservatism. more

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Book:Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added the Arguement of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of Peltier

Source: Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added the Arguement of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of Peltier

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“There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.”

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Book:The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke

Source: The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke

“There is a wide difference between admiration and love. The sublime, which is the cause of the former, always dwells on great objects and terrible; the latter on small ones and pleasing; we submit to what we admire, but we love what submits to us: in one case we are forced, in the other, we are flattered, into compliance.”

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Source: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

“He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.”

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“The pride of men will not often suffer reason to have scope until it can be no longer of service.”

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Book:The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

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Source: The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke

“The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that strength and dignity of mind, and vigor and activity of body, which enables men to conceive and execute great actions.”

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“Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style.”

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Book:The Early Life Correspondence and Writings of The Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke

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