Books · 1857
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ‧ Driftwood
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If we could see the hidden struggles of our enemies, we'd find enough sorrow in every life to drain away hostility. This suggests that anger softens once we recognise that the people we oppose carry pain we can't normally see.
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