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Page 22
In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of
unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason , than that he had a
pedantic countenance which displeased the emperor . This very monster of
mankind ...
In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of
unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason , than that he had a
pedantic countenance which displeased the emperor . This very monster of
mankind ...
Page 23
There are two courts , and two interests ; both very different from the interests of
the people . The favourite ... Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality ,
that claims an esteem by itself , and independent of the countenance of the court
...
There are two courts , and two interests ; both very different from the interests of
the people . The favourite ... Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality ,
that claims an esteem by itself , and independent of the countenance of the court
...
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A shining merit is ever hated or suspected in a popular assembly , as well as in a
court ; and all services done in the state are looked upon as dangerous to the
rulers , whether sultans or senators . The Ostracism at Athens was built upon this
...
A shining merit is ever hated or suspected in a popular assembly , as well as in a
court ; and all services done in the state are looked upon as dangerous to the
rulers , whether sultans or senators . The Ostracism at Athens was built upon this
...
Page 39
My cause , which two farmers from the plough could have decided in half an hour
, takes the court twenty years . I am , however , at the end of my labour , and have
, in reward for all my toil and vexation , a judgment in my favour . But hold - a ...
My cause , which two farmers from the plough could have decided in half an hour
, takes the court twenty years . I am , however , at the end of my labour , and have
, in reward for all my toil and vexation , a judgment in my favour . But hold - a ...
Page 43
Vere amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque publica
versantur , says Cicero . And , indeed , courts are the schools where cruelty ,
pride , dissimulation , and treachery are studied and taught in the most vicious
perfection .
Vere amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque publica
versantur , says Cicero . And , indeed , courts are the schools where cruelty ,
pride , dissimulation , and treachery are studied and taught in the most vicious
perfection .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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