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Self Pity Quotes

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

W. Somerset Maugham
Lovely, Self Pity, Get Up

Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?

Stephen King
Self, Luxury, Self Pity
Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.241, Anchor

What you are comes to you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Law Of Attraction, Self Pity

Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions.

Jerry Fodor
Self, Onions, Self Pity

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself

D. H. Lawrence
Sorry, Saws, Self Pity
Pansies (1929) "Self-Pity"

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

Sebastian Horsley
Self Esteem, Self Pity, Narcotics

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

Andre Gide
Sadness, Self Pity, Misery

When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.

John Keble
Finding Yourself, Way, Self Pity
John Keble (1870). “Letters of Spiritual Counsel and Guidance”, p.6

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

Debbie Macomber
Miracle, Self Pity, Pot

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

Andre Maurois
Self, Self Pity, Pity
ANDRE MAUROIS (1939). “ARIEL THE LIFE OF SHELLEY”

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

Tom Clancy
Philosophy, Self Pity, Contradiction

self-pity is better than none.

Phyllis Diller
Self, Self Pity, Pity

Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.

Oscar Levant
Self, Self Pity, Pity

Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.

Mason Cooley
Sympathy, Self, Self Pity

Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.

Mason Cooley
Self, Guilt, Self Pity

All pity is self-pity.

W. H. Auden
Self, Self Pity, Pity
"The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays" by W. H. Auden, ("Interlude: West's Disease"), (p. 243), 1962.

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

Jonathan Lethem
Self, Self Pity, Pity
Jonathan Lethem (2014). “Gun, with Occasional Music”, p.24, Faber & Faber

Sympathy is never waisted except when you give it to yourself.

John W. Roper
Giving, Self Pity

Self-pity shortens your life.

Joan Rivers
Self, Self Pity, Pity
Joan Rivers (1997). “Bouncing back: I've survived everything-- and I mean everything-- and you can too!”, Thorndike Pr

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