Most People Have No Imagination. If They Could Imagine The Sufferings Of Others, They Would Not Make Them Suffer So. What Separated A German Mother From A French Mother? - SearchQuotes

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Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

Ernst Toller

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