Never find delight in another's misfortune. — Publilius Syrus · Skopia

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Never find delight in another's misfortune.

In the original Latin

Malum ne alienum feceris tuum gaudium

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae · 43 BC

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Misfortunes of others

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43 BC Classical antiquity

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Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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