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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.
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.
Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor read more
Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim read more
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is read more
Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
