"To hear that your neighbor was worse off than yourself was not an altogether unpleasant experience."

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Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian village: reminiscences of other days”

Lizette Woodworth Reese

#Neighbor Quotes #Schadenfreude Quotes

“All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity.”
“We frolic while 'tis May.”
“If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.”

Source : "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.
“To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in.”
“Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.”
“I'm using more energy than ever.”
“Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art.”
“Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.”

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