When we our betters see bearing our woes, we scarcely think our miseries our foes.
 William Shakespeare, King Lear (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source King Lear
Topic grief empathy pain
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written between 1603 and 1606
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Context

“Stand in hard cure. [To the Fool] Come, help to bear thy
MASTER. Thou must not stay behind. Glou. Come, come, away!
Exeunt [all but Edgar]. Edg. When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Who alone suffers suffers most i' th' mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind; But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.” source

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