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Fulton J. Sheen Quotes: Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.
         

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.


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This page presents the quote "Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.". Author of this quote is Fulton J. Sheen. This quote is about burden, sorrow, joy, helping, distress,.