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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

Jean de La Fontaine
Misery, Wretched, Ought
"Fables", V. 17, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 517-18, 1922.
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?