Whatever we may think or affect to think of the present age, we cannot get out of it; we must suffer with its sufferings, and enjoy with its enjoyments; we must share in its lot, and, to be either useful or at ease, we must even partake its character.

Author: John Stuart Mill
Year: 1831
Year evidence: "The Spirit of the Age, I", Examiner (9 January 1831), p. 20 Full text online
Source: Quotes — "The Spirit of the Age, I", Examiner (9 January 1831), p. 20 Full text online
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