Quotes by Burke, Edmund

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. >>

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its c >>

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. >>

Quotations about Courage

Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... ev >>

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life >>

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. >>

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

Burke, Edmund