And secretly I fell prey to the one of the.... : Quote by Theodore Dalrymple

“ And secretly I fell prey to the one of the besetting sins of western intellectuals, which normally I abhor: I began to experience envy of suffering, that profoundly dishonest emotion which derives from the foolish notion that only the oppressed can achieve righteousness or - more importantly - write anything profound. ”

Theodore Dalrymple
  • From : The Wilder Shores Of Marx: Journeys In A Vanishing World
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