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By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.

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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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Philosopher
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London
England
Sir Thomas Browne
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