To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
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Nationality: American Type: Theologian Born: 1809 Death: 1894 |
“However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.”
“I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”