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title: "6 Painful Knowledge Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/but-then-the-flames-of-a-fire-are-not-made-less-painful-by-the/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

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> [But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/but-the-upside-of-painful-knowledge-is-so-much-greater-than-the/)

[Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/)

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> [“painful knowledge is better than blissful ignorance”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/painful-knowledge-is-better-than-blissful-ignorance/)

[Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/)

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> [“He'd wanted to track down and personally injure anyone who had ever done harm to her or made her unhappy. He'd tortured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/he-d-wanted-to-track-down-and-personally-injure-anyone-who-had-ever/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I'd been blindsided with the most painful knowledge: the first man to ever say he loved me had never loved me at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlaine-harris/i-d-been-blindsided-with-the-most-painful-knowledge-the-first-man-to/)

[Charlaine Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlaine-harris/)

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> [“How can I do better?" "What am I doing that I don't know?" "What am I not doing that I don't see?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/how-can-i-do-better-what-am-i-doing-that-i-don-t-know-what-am-i-not/)

[Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/sheryl-sandberg-439_feedback_how-can-i-do-better-what-am-i-doing-that_3234774.jpg)

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