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Misericordia vicina est miseriae; habet enim
aliquid trahitque ex ea. Imbecillos oculos esse scias,
qui ad alienam lippitudinem et ipsi subfunduntur,
tam mehercules quam morbum esse, non hilaritatem,
semper adridere ridentibus et ad omnium oscitationem ipsum quoque os diducere; misericordia
vitium est animorum nimis miseria paventium, quam
si quis a sapiente exigit, prope est, ut lamentationem
exigat et in alienis funeribus gemitus.
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