On the Sublime and Beautiful , Pt. On the Sublime and Beautiful , Pt. 1757 Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. But the age of chivalry is gone. Man is by his constitution a religious animal.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790 The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. The use of force alone is but temporary . I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people. The people are the masters.