Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, m…

Edmund Burke
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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 (1834). The works of ... Edmund Burke, p.256
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