Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings.
Edmund BurkeI consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.
Edmund BurkeSurely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.
Edmund Burke