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La Rochefoucauld 019: We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others.
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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."]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_019
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