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Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical

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

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I never saw a wild thing
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A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
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Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. – Millicent Fenwick

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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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Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being. – Michel de Montaigne

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