EDMUND BURKE QUOTES IV

British statesman, economist, & philosopher (1729-1797)

Painting, when we have allowed for the pleasure of imitation, can only affect simply by the images it presents; and even in painting, a judicious obscurity in some things contributes to the effect of the picture.

EDMUND BURKE

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful


Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of unconnected acts. Through just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.

EDMUND BURKE

Reflections on the Revolution in France


He has not observed on the nature of vanity who does not know that it is omnivorous--that it has no choice in its food--that it is fond to talk even of its own faults and vices, as what will excite surprise and draw attention, and what will pass at worst for openness and candor.

EDMUND BURKE

The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke


It may be observed, that very polished languages, and such as are praised for their superior clearness and perspicuity, are generally deficient in strength.

EDMUND BURKE

Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful


The poorest being that crawls the earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.

EDMUND BURKE

attributed, An Inquiry, Concerning the Author of the Letters of Junius