 Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,...  Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical - Pagina 178door Edmond Burke - 1815Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pagina’s
...some notion of its volume, in these few sentences, from his first letter, " on a Regicide Peace." " Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...there ; and, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, unifonu,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pagina’s
...manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Swift. MANNEBS— Importance of. Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine... | |
 | 1867 - 212 pagina’s
...God bless thee, and thou shalt be blest ! Good night, my child, good night ! Friends' Examiner. MHC MANNERS are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1866 - 528 pagina’s
...can be left on the mind of a thinking man concerning their determined hostility to the human race. Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform,... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - 148 pagina’s
...you mean to say, and tofinish without knowing what you have written. Rousseau. THE VALUE OF MANNERS. Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1869 - 516 pagina’s
...can be left on the mind of a thinking man concerning their determined hostility to the human race. Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners arc what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 254 pagina’s
...GOOD BEEEDING. JANNERS are of more importance than laws. In a great measure, the laws depend on them. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or dehase, barbarise or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform,... | |
 | Hiram Orcutt - 1871 - 288 pagina’s
...exhibiting to the world the " White d Sepulchre," the false-hearted man or woman. Edmund Burke said, " Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt... | |
 | Mark Boyd - 1871 - 516 pagina’s
...portraits of the Lord of Lochinvar. Burke tells us that 'manners are of more importance than laws, as upon them in a great measure the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then ; whereas manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise... | |
 | Florence Hartley - 1872 - 352 pagina’s
...shocking the eye of the artist by incongruous mixtures. " Manners," says the eloquent Edmund Burke, " are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or sooth, corrupt or purify, exalt... | |
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