James Burgh Quote

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good.


The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)


Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good.

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good.

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good.

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good.