Quote #42

The art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

More from Edmund Burke

  1. When Croft's 'Life of Dr. Young' was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, 'No, no,' said he, 'it is not a good imitation o…
  2. 'War,' says Machiavel, 'ought to be the only study of a prince;' and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. 'He oug…
  3. A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.
  4. A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins,…
  5. Turn over a new leaf.
  6. The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
  7. The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
  8. The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is Curiosity.

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