| 1818 - 638 páginas
...greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed, by vainglory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single,...one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle — When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect, it is an... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 páginas
...adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use ; out of it, the greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is...an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1806 - 522 páginas
...vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematick endeavours are of power to defeat the subtle designs...an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in die commonwealth, that a man means well to his country... | |
| Edmond Burke - 1815 - 218 páginas
...adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use; out of it, the greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is...an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 páginas
...endeavours are of power to de-. feat the subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. \Vhen bad men combine, the good must associate ; else they...an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. — When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect, it is an... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1766 - 458 páginas
...subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate j else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 páginas
...are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain glory into enthusi<!an flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory,...an unpitied sacrifice in a .contemptible struggle. It is not enough, in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...concurrence of the former, the latter are but impositions upon ourselves and others. — Taller. CCCXLJ. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else...unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.— Burke. CCCXLII. Oh! rid me of this torture quickly there, My madam with the everlasting voice; The... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...concurrence of the former, the latter are but impositions upon ourselves and others.—Taller. CCCXLI. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else...one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.—Burke. CCCXLIt Oh! rid me of this torture quickly there, My madam with the everlasting... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 páginas
...greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain-glory oss and complicated mass of human passions and concerns, the primitive rights of men undergo etruggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to hie... | |
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