John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4432 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4432 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 286. |