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Quotation from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
“use the consolations of reason in this case, and you were as good preach ease to one on the rack, and hope to allay, by rational discourses, the pain of his joints tearing asunder”
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Ch. XXXIII, §13 (Project Gutenberg #10615)
A mother grieving a dead child cannot be argued out of sorrow; only time loosens the association, and some carry incurable grief to their graves.
Citation: "use the consolations of reason in this case, and you were as good preach ease to one on the rack, and hope to allay, by rational discourses, the pain of his joints tearing asunder" — John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Ch. XXXIII, §13 (Project Gutenberg #10615). (id an-essay-concerning-human-understanding-q10)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
