A Quote by Seneca the Younger
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.
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