A great empire and little minds go ill together.
Edmund BurkeRead
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Interpretation
Change is an inevitable and fundamental aspect of nature that everyone must adhere to.
Edmund Burke's quote emphasizes the necessity of accepting change as an intrinsic part of life and nature. It suggests that this law of change is the most powerful force, compelling us to adapt and grow in response to the evolving circumstances around us, underscoring that resistance to change is futile and can hinder progress.
In practice
During a motivational speech about embracing new opportunities.
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.
Welcome all experiences. You never know which one is gong to turn everything on.
The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.
I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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