Leituras de fim de semana e o meu estado de espírito: patinando no gelo

Lido algures:

"...For God's sake, do not drag me into another war! I am worn down, and worn out, with crusading and defending Europe, and protecting mankind; I must think a little of myself. I am sorry for the Spaniards, I am sorry for the Greeks. I deplore the fate of the Jews; the people of the Sandwich Islands are groaning under the most detestable tyranny; Bagdad is oppressed, I do not like the present state of the Delta, Thibet is not comfortable. Am I to fight for all these people? The world is bursting with sin and sorrow. Am I to be champion of the Decalogue, and to be eternally raising fleets and armies to make all men good and happy?"

The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith (London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865, p. 343