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Quote by John Galsworthy
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing -- deprived himself of

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing — deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different. – John Galsworthy

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The only cure for grief is action. – George Henry Lewes

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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force. – Lech Walesa

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God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. – Albert Camus

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Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. – James Martineau

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