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The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoya

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves. – Catharine Esther Beecher

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Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. – Randolph Churchill

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If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point. – Dirk Benedict

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