Reflections on the Revolution in FranceDent, 1971 - 369 |
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... never hitherto taught , and whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any part of mankind . Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity . Desperate situations pro- duce desperate ...
... never hitherto taught , and whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any part of mankind . Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity . Desperate situations pro- duce desperate ...
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... never give yourselves time to cool . You can never survey , from its proper point of sight , the work you have finished , before you decree its final execution . You can never plan the future by the past . You never go into the country ...
... never give yourselves time to cool . You can never survey , from its proper point of sight , the work you have finished , before you decree its final execution . You can never plan the future by the past . You never go into the country ...
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... Never , no , never , did nature say one thing and wisdom say another , " a favourite stoic maxim embodied in Juvenal's " nunquam aliud natura , aliud sapientia dicit " ( Satires , XIV . 321 ) . P. 31 , 11. 20-21 . A spirit of innovation ...
... Never , no , never , did nature say one thing and wisdom say another , " a favourite stoic maxim embodied in Juvenal's " nunquam aliud natura , aliud sapientia dicit " ( Satires , XIV . 321 ) . P. 31 , 11. 20-21 . A spirit of innovation ...
Spis treści
A LETTER FROM MR BURKE TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL | 3 |
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS | 285 |
NOTES TO REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE | 331 |
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Podgląd niedostępny - 2003 |
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