We only pity-that is to say, we only love-that which is like ourselves and in so far as it is like ourselves, and the more like it is the more we love; and thus our pity for things, and with it our love, grows in proportion as we discover in them the likenesses which they have with ourselves.
Errukitu, hau da, maitatu, antzekoa zaigun eta halaxe zaigun ginoan egiten gara, eta horrela gure errukia handituz doa, eta horrekin gauzei diegun maitasuna ere bai, horiek gurekin dituzten antzak aurkitzen dizkiegun neurrian.