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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.
         

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.


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