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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the read more
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,
If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,
Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
Never dejected while another's blessed.
Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
Never dejected while another's blessed.
In the desert a fountain is springing,
In the wide waste there still is a tree,
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In the desert a fountain is springing,
In the wide waste there still is a tree,
And a bird in the solitude singing,
Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathise.
A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathise.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.
The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and
likeness.
The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and
likeness.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.