"Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of a…"

"What, therefore, is the cause of your condition? What lies at the root of your malaise (as the Latins call it)? What …"

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

"Self-pity? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occas…"

"Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and u…"

"You cannot depend upon anybody. There is no guide, no teacher, no authority. There is only you — your relationship wi…"

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

"One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great drama…"

"Moreover, given the unpleasant option of having to associate with either the self-satisfied beautiful or the self-pit…"

"I never complained of the vicissitudes of fortune, nor suffered my face to be overcast at the revolution of the heave…"