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Edmund Burke

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

Age

Edmund Burke

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Change

Edmund Burke

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

Imagination

Edmund Burke

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

Health