I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others
Edmund BurkeArt is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born.
Edmund BurkeFreedom without virtue is not freedom but license to pursue whatever passions prevail in the intemperate mind; man's right to freedom being in exact proportion to his willingness to put chains upon his own appetites; the less restraint from within, the more must be imposed from without.
Edmund BurkeBy the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young; but, in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Edmund Burke