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Never did a man sell his children who was able to maintain them.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Never did a man sell his children who was able to maintain them.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that selling one's children is a desperate act that only occurs under extreme duress.
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