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Quote by Edward Gibbon
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. - Edward G

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. – Edward Gibbon

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. – W. H. Davies

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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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I didnt go to university. Didnt even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. – Terry Prachett

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God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. – Albert Camus

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