Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being. – Michel de Montaigne
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There are few human emotions as warm, comforting, and enveloping as self-pity. And nothing is more corrosive and destructive. There is only one answer; turn away from it and move on. – Dr Megan Reik
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. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. – John W. Gardner
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Im vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way youd get any feedback. – Howard Hodgkin
