self-pity quotes

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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thanks for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
Self-pity makes people callous.
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not ha ...
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write ...
The mist
Wandered absolvingly past all it touched,
Yet hung like a stayed breath....
I never saw a wild thing
Sorry for itself.
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