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Weakness, human, in adversity, never pitied by those who applaud prosperous folly and guilt, iv. 183.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Weakness, human, in adversity, never pitied by those who applaud prosperous folly and guilt, iv. 183.”
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Burke reflects on the lack of compassion for human weakness in times of adversity, contrasting it with the applause for those who succeed despite their moral failings.
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