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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
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Actual
Indulges
Pain
Loves
Grieves
Happens
Case
Endured
Persons
Grow
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Cases
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Passion
Indulge
Men
Suffering
Grieving

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