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It is hard to persuade us, that everything which is GOT by another is not TAKEN from ourselves.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is hard to persuade us, that everything which is GOT by another is not TAKEN from ourselves.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses the difficulty in believing that others' gains do not come at one's own expense.
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