John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4418 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4418 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 331. |