He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred.Dhp 21.291 · Dhammapada · Miscellaneous
Dhp 21.291
Dhammapada · translated by F. Max Muller
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Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Lamentations 3:19 · Bible · Lamentations
I will console this afflicted girl of face like the full moon, and suffering distress that she had never before endured, and ever meditating on her lord.’Mbh 3.68.1c · Mahabharata · VANA PARVA
Relent not in pursuit of the enemy. If ye are suffering, lo! they suffer even as ye suffer and ye hope from Allah that for which they cannot hope. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.Quran 4:104 · Quran · Women
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.Tao Te Ching 75.1 · Tao Te Ching
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