Ocupation: Statesman
Life: January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797
Birthday: January 12
Death: July 9
My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.
source: Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondence Of...Edmund Burke”, p.212
topic: Good Friend, Men, Self, Troublesome, Take Care Of Your Health, Health And Safety