This affected pity only tends to dissatisfy them with their condition, and to teach them to seek resources where no resources are to be found, in something else than their own industry and frugality and sobriety.
Burke critiques the notion of pity that leads individuals to become dissatisfied with their own efforts and circumstances.
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