This Was The Man, This Balaam, I Say, Was The Man, Who Desired To Die The Death Of The Righteous, And That His Last End Might Be Like His; And This Was The State Of His Mind When He Pronounced These Words. - SearchQuotes

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This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words.

Joseph Butler

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