Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
Edmund BurkeIt is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.
Edmund BurkeEvils we have had continually calling for reformation, and reformations more grievous than any evils.
Edmund BurkeIt is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.
Edmund Burke