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is defined as the knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

is derived, in times of trouble, by wise people from books.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. Victor Hugo

is not judged so harshly by the consoled as one might fear. One day it's your turn, and all the stumbling words of consolation you ever said are said to you ' and they don't seem stumbling at all.

One day it's your turn, and all the stumbling words of consolation you ever said are said to you ' and they don't seem stumbling at all.

is only productive of an increase of our pain when it is indiscreetly pressed upon us when we are suffering undue affliction. It renders our grief more poignant.

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

is nowadays found not in repentance but in pleasure.

What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date. Oscar Wilde

is the knowledge that the winner is likely worse off than yourself

is tricky. Being asked “Why are you depressed when life is beautiful!” is like saying “Why do you have asthma when there is so much air.

is a tricky business. To say "Don’t be sad, things could always be worse," is no different from saying "Don’t be happy, things could always be better".

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