“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
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Maxim 159 (p. 90)
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Hesiod book Works and Days
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 218.
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Book III, Ch. 13
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Source: The Complete Essays
