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Self Pity Quotes


These are some of the best 'Self Pity' quotations and sayings.


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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Despair is criminal.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.

Grumbling is the death of love.

He who complains, sins.

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision.


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