C'est une espece de bonheur, de connaitre jusqu'a quel point on doit etre malheureux.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Knowing your limits of suffering gives a strange form of comfort.
- In plain terms
- There is peace in knowing how much pain you can handle.
- What can you take from it?
- Understanding your resilience can bring comfort.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What limits do you have?
- Does knowing help you endure?
Another view
Some suffering is unknowable until experienced.
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