"To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own."

Content, Grief, Prosperity

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"To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own."

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