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And men feel pity if they think
that some persons are virtuous; for he who thinks that no one is will think that
all deserve misfortune.
And,
generally speaking, a man is moved to pity when he is so affected that he
remembers that such evils have happened, or expects that they may happen, either
to himself or to one of his friends.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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