La Rochefoucauld §laroch_019: We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others.

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Source: François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) (laroch_019) · external_aligned

We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others. [The strongest example of this is the passage in Lucretius, lib. ii., line I:-- "Suave mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem."]

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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