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"See some strange comfort every state attend, And pride bestowed on all, a common friend."
Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, Epistle 2, lines 271-272 [The proud are ever most provoked.]

EXGF — We Are The Hearts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ta0ObihVc

"But no cruelty can be expedient; for cruelty is most abhorrent to human nature, whose lead we ought to follow."
Cicero, On Duties (De Officiis), Book III, Chapter XI, #46-47.

"For when difficulties arise in adverse conditions, you do not have time to resort to cruelty, and the good that you do
will help you very little, since it will be judged a forced measure, and you will earn from it no gratitude whatsoever."
Machiavel, The Prince, Chapter VIII, 1532 [Desire to be considered merciful and not cruel.] 

"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
Samuel Johnson, in Boswell, Tour to the Hebrides, October 5, 1773 [a common saying of doctors].

Red Velvet Seulgi — Like A Vampire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80wCpsrBvo

"But if Roman history is nine-tenths lying, we can hardly expect a smaller proportion.... for a hard heart has a false tongue."
Ambrose Bierce, Mouse, The Devil's Dictionary [Mouse: An animal which strews its path with fainting women.]