Schadenfreude: Deriving Pleasure from the Misfortunes of Others
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7 min readMar 12
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We are all the judges and the judged, victims of the casual malice and fantasy of others, and ready sources of fantasy and malice in our turn. And if we are sometimes accused of sins of which we are innocent, are there not also other sins of which we are guilty and of which the world knows nothing? ― Iris Murdoch, Nuns and Soldiers
