Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for read more

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either