"Do not employ consolations, they are useless;
have no recourse to reasoning, it does not persuade;
do not be sad with melancholics, your sadness sustains theirs;
do not assume an air of gaiety with them, they are only hurt by it.
What is required is great sang-froid, and when necessary, severity. Let your reason be their rule of conduct.
A single string still vibrates in them, that of pain; have courage enough to pluck it."
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