 Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,...  Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 186by Edmund Burke - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Francis Carnac Brown - Gauḍas - 1838 - 232 pages
...Rules " were devised and promulgated. " Manners,'' observes one of the first and wisest of men (Burke), "are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a...great measure, the laws depend. The law touches us but now and then, here and there. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 586 pages
...can be left on the mind of a thinking man, concerning their determined hostility to the human race. Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them,...and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform,... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...the weight and " compass of the earth and all that it contains." MANNERS. — "Manners," says Burke, "are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a...laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then ; manners are what vci or soothe, corrupt or purify, eialt or debase, barbarize or refine... | |
 | William Smyth - France - 1840 - 446 pages
...can be left on the mind of a thinking man concerning their determined hostility to the human race. Manners are of more importance than laws; upon them,...barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, and insensible operation, like the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...instruments of good and evil are true ; but he too rapidly drops their history. " Manners," he observes, " are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe,... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 300 pages
...instruments of good and evil are true ; but he too rapidly drops their history. " Manners," he observes, " are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe,... | |
 | Daniel Owen Madden - Ireland - 1844 - 358 pages
...manners, ate required sometimes as supplements, sometimes as correctives— always as aids to law. Manners are what vex or sooth — corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation like that of the air we... | |
 | 1845 - 200 pages
...find out who wete the parties. TRUE COURTESY. — •" Manners," says the eloquent Edmund Burke, " are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The laws touch us here and there — now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify j... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Children - 1846 - 82 pages
...growing up to take the places of your parents in society. Edmund Burke, a great and good man, says : " Manners are of more importance than laws ; upon them,...laws depend. The law touches us but here and there. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,... | |
 | George Warburton - Atlantic Provinces Description and travel - 1846 - 430 pages
...are moderate, its circulation very great ; and it is said to be worth a large yearly sum of money. Manners are of more importance than laws ; upon them in a great measure the laws depend ; the laws touch us here and there, now and then ; manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt... | |
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