Friday, March 27, 2026

Edmund Burke has words for those with bad manners

"The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. 

"Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in."

     - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

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Edmund Burke has words for those with bad manners

"The law touches us but here and there, and now and then.  "Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, ba...