"To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others."
"Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it."
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Source: Giovanni Boccaccio (1930). “The Decameron of Giovanni Bocaccio”
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