"Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel."

Experience

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This quotation examines the core nature of Experience as articulated by Edmund Burke. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Experience provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative thinkers and political writers of the 18th century, Burke spent the majority of his career in Great Britain and was elected as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1766 to 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. His writings played a significant role in influencing public views and opinions in both Great Britain and France following the French Revolution in 1789, and he remains a major figure in modern conservative circles.

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"Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society."

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"It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact."

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"The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time."

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"Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity."

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"Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred."

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"One point has already been proved: Everything that happened once can happen again."

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"Every goodbye is just a prelude to a new beginning."

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