"L'amitié n'est qu'un autre nom pour une alliance avec les folies et les malheurs des autres. Notre propre part de misères suffit : pourquoi alors entrer volontairement dans celles d'un autre ?"
— Thomas Jefferson
Simplified Meaning:
The quote means that being friends with someone often means sharing in their problems and mistakes. It suggests that since we already have our own problems to deal with, why should we take on someone else's problems too?
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