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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“if the pain be less, the patient's sensibility is greater.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 16, trans. John Bonner
The closing image of Tocqueville's argument that reform makes the remaining grievances harder to bear.
Citation: "if the pain be less, the patient's sensibility is greater." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 16, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q7)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
