Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the …

Edmund Burke
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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. ✨ 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 10
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