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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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. – 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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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago. – Eamon de Valera

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It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. – Nellie Bly

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Sympathy is something that shouldnt be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. – Bob Feller

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Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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