If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble tree, that is wounded itself, when it gives the balm.
一个人若怜悯他人的苦难,就表明他的心像那高贵的树,奉献香膏时,自己也承受着伤口。
— Francis Bacon · Essays (1625) · Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature —