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.

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

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

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.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

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

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.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

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