I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. -Edmund Burke

 

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.


-Edmund Burke
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This quote is just one of 31 total Edmund Burke quotes in our collection. Edmund Burke is known for saying 'I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.

Edmund Burke

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.

Edmund Burke

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Edmund Burke

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

Edmund Burke

Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

Edmund Burke