Quote by: Edmund Burke

Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear. Otherwise you will be wise historically, a fool in practice.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdmund Burke
  • DescriptionAnglo-Irish statesman
  • BornJanuary 12, 1729
  • DiedJuly 9, 1797
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionPolitician; Philosopher; Writer