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"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

"When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid."

"Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?"

"Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people."

"When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them."

"One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events that are beyond our control, and the betrayals we endure, from those we befriended and loved, can make us cynical and turn our hearts into flint " on which only the matches of anger and bitterness can be struck into flame. By their delight in being with us, the reliable sunniness of their disposition, the joy they bring to playtime, the curiosity with which they embrace each new experience, dogs can melt cynicism,and sweeten the bitter heart."
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"One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."

"The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop."

"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority for any town?"

"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe."

"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language."

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."
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