How much pain a person detains may be proportionate to the pain they spare others when they'd rather hurt than hurt another.

Donna Lynn Hope
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If you want to know how much pain a person detains, look at the pain they spare others when they'd rather hurt than hurt another. If they'd rather hurt another than cause them any pain, then you can assume that person has a lot of pain inside and therefore they don't like causing pain to others.

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