Pain is always new to the sufferer, but loses its originality for those around him.
Douleur toujours nouvelle pour celui qui souffre et qui se banalise pour l'entourage.
Original text (French)
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A portion of life, every moment gets torn out of me hurting, and flees away.
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And life is perfected by death.
If everyone could feel everyone else’s pain, who would torture?
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