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The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under like circumstances, making a similar mistake.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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