The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly …

Alain de Botton
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The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under like circumstances, making a similar mistake. ✨ Alain De Botton (2008). Status Anxiety, p.149, Vintage
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The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under like circumstances, making a similar mistake. ✨ Alain De Botton (2008). Status Anxiety, p.149, Vintage

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