"I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others."
— Edmund Burke

January 1, 1970

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Compare: Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, xv: "In the adversity of our best friends we always find something which is not wholly displeasing to us"