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title: "7 Afflicting Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/princess-diana/you-can-t-comfort-the-afflicted-with-afflicting-the-comfortable/)

[Princess Diana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/princess-diana/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/princess-diana-4342_afflicted_you-can-t-comfort-the-afflicted-with-aff_250334.jpg)

> [Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/jogging-i-believe-they-call-it-it-seems-to-be-an-epidemic/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/david-lodge-11610_age_jogging-i-believe-they-call-it-it-seems_541210.jpg)

> [Sometimes comforting the afflicted does require afflicting the comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/sometimes-comforting-the-afflicted-does-require-afflicting-the/)

[Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/mario-cuomo-4807_comfortable_sometimes-comforting-the-afflicted-does_1085916.png)

> [CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/callous-adj-gifted-with-great-fortitude-to-bear-the-evils-afflicting/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/ambrose-bierce-140_bears_callous-adj-gifted-with-great-fortitude_1360613.jpg)

> [Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-love/pour-not-on-the-comforts-you-want-but-upon-the-mercies-you-have-look/)

[Christopher Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-love/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/christopher-love-34671_affliction_pour-not-on-the-comforts-you-want-but-up_1384709.jpg)

> [“You can’t comfort the afflicted,” the note read, “without afflicting the comfortable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-andersen/you-can-t-comfort-the-afflicted-the-note-read-without-afflicting-the/)

[Christopher Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-andersen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/christopher-andersen-37586_afflicted_you-can-t-comfort-the-afflicted-the-note_2501575.jpg)

> [“You have more zeal than good taste, Martín. The disease afflicting you has a name, and that is Grand Guignol : it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/you-have-more-zeal-than-good-taste-mart-n-the-disease-afflicting-you/)

[Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/)

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