“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.”
Fragment 383, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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Context: Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin. We think him more a savior who shoulders our responsibilities than him who shoulders our sins. If instead of making decisions we have but to obey and do our duty, we feel it as a sort of salvation.