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Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us
Drawn from what Rabindranath Tagore said
What Rabindranath Tagore actually said
- Rabindranath Tagore Bengali poet and philosopher (1861 to 1941)
So long as we are unconscious of our cruelty we may not be to blame. But if, after our pity is aroused, we persist in throttling our feelings simply in order to join others in their preying upon life, we insult all that is good in us.
Where this was said
↗Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921)gutenberg.org
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