The joy of the happy would be an insult; but two men in distress are like two slender trees, which mutually supporting each other, fortify themselves against the storm.[La joie d’un homme heureux serait une insulte ; mais deux malheureux sont comme deux arbrisseaux faibles qui, s’appuyant l’un sur l’autre, se fortifient contre l’orage.]

Source:(ed. Washington Square Press, 1962), Chapter IV. The Envious Man, Page 143
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