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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Despair Never Work You

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The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

~Edmund Burke

Topics: End Journey Reached Traveller

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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Ancestors Backward Forward Look Never People Posterity Who Will

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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Country Love Lovely Make Ought Our Us

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Education is the cheap defense of nations.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Cheap Defense Education Nations

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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Affecting Beauty Distress Most Much

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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Capital Civil Graceful Nobility Order Ornament Polished Society

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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Antagonist He Helper Nerves Our Sharpens Skill Strengthens Us

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Acting Fear Mind Passion Powers Reasoning

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Act Barter Benefit Compromise Enjoyment Every Founded Government Human Indeed Prudent Virtue

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Statesman

Born: January 12th, 1729

Died: July 9th, 1797

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