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> the context in which the statement is originally made could be very different than the context her

The context I replied to was gaining from the injustice (and suffering) inflicted on others, and being smug about it. What could change about the "context" - what one considers injustice? That's factored in already, and gloating is, as I see it, being passive and worse.

It doesn't matter who said it anyway, I bet you I could find you a lot of wise people who said it in different and expanded forms. He put it succinctly.

It takes guts to stand up for yourself when push comes to shove. When you water down the wine of what even you yourself consider just, subjective and restricted as we all may be, it will fail you.