I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it. - Georges Bernanos

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Georges Bernanos: "I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it."

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Another	Cant	Compassion	Despise
Dragged	Longer	Love	Mouth
Others	Pain	Pity	Quench
Relief	Respect	Sieve	Slips
Soul	Suffering	Through	Your

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