Pity makes suffering contagious. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). The Por…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Pity makes suffering contagious. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). The Portable Nietzsche, p.349, Penguin
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