John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Edmund Burke. (1729–1797) (continued) |
| 4426 |
| He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. |
| Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 453. |
| 4427 |
| To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust. 1 |
| Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 497. |
| 4428 |
| You can never plan the future by the past. 2 |
| Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Vol. iv. p. 55. |
| 4429 |
| The cold neutrality of an impartial judge. |
| Preface to Brissot’s Address. Vol. v. p. 67. |
| 4430 |
| And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. 3 |
| Thoughts and Details on Scarcity. Vol. v. p. 156. |
| 4431 |
| All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities. |
| Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 286. |
| 4432 |
| All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth. |
| Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 286. |
| 4433 |
| Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. |
| Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 331. |
| 4434 |
| Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. |
| Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians. Vol. vii. p. 50. |
| 4435 |
| There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. |
| Speech in opening the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Third Day. Vol. x. p. 54. |
| 4436 |
| The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. |
| Speech at County Meeting of Bucks, 1784. |
| Note 1. See Appendix, Quotation 45. [back] |
| Note 2. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.—Patrick Henry: Speech in the Virginia Convention, March, 1775. [back] |
| Note 3. We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.—Cause of the Present Discontents, vol. i. p. 439. [back] |