Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
The joy that isn't shared dies young.
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.
Happiness seems made to be shared.
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.
Happiness is only real when shared.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
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