Suffering is in proportion to the strength which has been accorded to a person; in other words, the weak suffer more, where the trial is the same, than the strong.[La souffrance est en proportion des forces, c’est-à-dire que le faible souffre plus, à mal égal, que le fort.]

Source:(ed. Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1850), Chapter XLVI. A Night at the Bastille, Page 342
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