#burden

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. ↗

— Aeschylus

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By encouraging its citizens to violate our border, Mexico is pushing a tremendous welfare burden off of its shoulders and onto ours, while also benefiting from the significant sums of U.S. currency that these workers will eventually send back home to their families. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. ↗

— Georges Bataille

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The dreadful burden of having nothing to do. ↗

— Nicolas Boileau

#dreadful #having #nothing

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family. ↗

— Julius Erving

#burden #celebrity #extended #extended family #family

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

#burdened #conditions #membership #privilege

I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#armaments #burdensome #came #enormous #governments

We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#become #burden #down #everybody #finally

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. ↗

— Grenville Kleiser

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