Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success. (Oscar Wilde)

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Oscar Wilde

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