Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot... Histoire de la littérature anglaise - Page 104de Hippolyte Taine - 1863Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...place, ' SOCIETY CANNOT EXIST UNLESS ACONTROULING POWER UPON WILL AND APPETITE BE PLACED SOMEWHERE J AND THE" LESS OF IT THERE IS WITHIN, THE MORE THERE...CANNOT BE FREE. THEIR PASSIONS FORGE THEIR FETTERS. Mr. Burke having long vie wed with anxiety the new philosophy become fashionable in France, bestowed... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...wise and good, 115 in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere,...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...wise and good, 115 In preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appe'tite be placed somewhere,...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1815 - 402 pages
...dis-. posed _to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controuling power upon...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. This sentence the prevalent purl of your countrymen execute on themselves. They possessed, cot long... | |
| Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...wise and good, 175 in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere,...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
| John James M'Gregor - 1816 - 508 pages
...cannot exist unless a controuliug power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less •f it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordain*d by the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free—Their... | |
| James Hardie - 1818 - 392 pages
...moral chains upon their appetites — in proportion as their love of justice is above their capacity. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be frtef their passions forge their fetters." In every well governed lodge, there will be found, the Bible,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1823 - 390 pages
...Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the Jess of it there is within, the more there must be without....cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. This sentence the prevalent part of your countrymen execute on themselves. They possessed, not long... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 pages
...the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere,...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. MANNERS. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded... | |
| Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 pages
...attached to the door of the publisher's office, for the reception oY communications for "The Friend." It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things,...intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.—Ed. Burke. Deep humility is a strong bulwark; and as we enter into it, we find safety and... | |
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