“ Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
|---|---|
| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | arrogance pride |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“In the spoil and humiliation of their own order these
individuals would possess a sure fund for the pay of their new followers.
To squander away the objects which made the happiness of their fellows
would be to them no sacrifice at all. Turbulent, discontented men of
quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and
arrogance, generally despise their own order. One of the first symptoms
they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition is a profligate
disregard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be attached to
the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the”
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