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There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos.
Milan Kundera
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There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos. — Milan Kundera

About Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera was a Writer from France (1929–2023).

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Milan Kundera lived from 1929 – 2023.
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