Quote by: Joseph Butler

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed.


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Author Bio


  • NameJoseph Butler
  • DescriptionEnglish bishop, philosopher
  • BornMay 18, 1692
  • DiedJune 16, 1752
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPriest; Philosopher; Theologian