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I never saw a wild thingsorry for itself;A small bird will

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

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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

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