 ... higher economy. Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists, not in saving, but in selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment. Mere instinct, and that not an instinct of the noblest...  A Selection from the Despatches, Treaties, and Other Papers of the Marquess ... - Page 815by Marquess Richard Wellesley Wellesley - 1877 - 813 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...corruption. ECONOMY. MERE parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not,, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...corruption. ECONOMY, MERE parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 540 pages
...leave to tell him, that mere parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 252 pages
...corruption. ECONOMY. MERE parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact ifmay, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...corruption. ECONOMY. MERE parsimony is not economy. It is separable ' in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 526 pages
...according to circumstances. Expeitee, and great \ expense, may be an essential part in true ceconomy. If parsimony were to be considered as one of the kinds of that virtue, there is however another and an higher (Economy. (Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving, but in selection.... | |
 | John Thornton - 1829 - 228 pages
...Mere parsimony," says Mr. Burke, 1 ' is not economy. It is separable in theory from it; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving Q but in selection. Parsimony requires... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...accordinjto circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimoDT were to be considered as one of the kinds of that virtue, there is however another and an liic!¡-: economy. Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving, but in selection.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...leave to tell him, that mere parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Ex[H-nse, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 662 pages
...leave to tell him, that mere parsimony is not economy. It is separable in theory from it ; and in fact it may, or it may not, be a part of economy, according to circumstances. Expence, and great expence, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered... | |
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