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Quote by Edmund Burke
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal conditio

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

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All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. – Thomas J. Watson

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Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances. – Herodotus

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