"You know them but at a distance, on the statements of those who always flatter the reigning power, and who, amidst their representations of the grievances, inflame your minds against those who are oppressed. These are amongst the effects of unremitted labour, when men exhaust their attention, burn out their candles, and are left in the dark."
A Letter from Mr. Burke to a Member of the National Assembly; In Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs 
Text copied online and cursorily corrected against Edmund Burke, <u>A Letter from Mr. Burke to a Member of the National Assembly; In Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs</u>, 3rd edition (Paris, Printed, and London, Re-printed for J. Dodsley, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=L1wPAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;