Edmund Burke

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of
sophisters, economists, and calculators
has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is
extinguished forever.
Edmund Burke

What is past is prologue.
William Shakespeare

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe
and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue.
Maximillien Robespierre

Reason without goodness is not reason,
and goodness without reason is not goodness.
Tertullian