{"id":1375,"date":"2013-09-18T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2013-09-20T00:53:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T00:53:27","slug":"edmund-burke-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1375","title":{"rendered":"Edmund Burke quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-480\" alt=\"Quotation Marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Burke, Edmund (1729 &#8211; 1797), Irish orator, philosopher, &amp; politician<\/span><\/b><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Our patience will achieve more than our force.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burke, Edmund (1729 &#8211; 1797), Irish orator, philosopher, &amp; politician Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. 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