“Self-pity, he said, is the most demoralizing of all vices.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Friday
Source: Friday (1982), Chapter 24 (p. 244)
“That most risky and volatile of all things—a self-pitying majority.”
"Appointment in Sarajevo" (1992).
1990s, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports (1993)
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British American author and journalist 1949–2011Related quotes
W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Interlude: West's Disease", p. 243
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 218
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Ser major reformado parece-me uma coisa ideal. É pena não se poder ter sido eternamente apenas major reformado.
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
Patty Duke (1946–2016) American actress
Barry McCaffrey (1942) United States Army general
As quoted in "What Does the Military Think of Donald Trump?" https://www.yahoo.com/news/does-military-think-donald-trump-204408128.html (15 June 2016), Time
“You are my most fascinating and risky temptation.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Sei la mia più affascinante e rischiosa tentazione.
Source: prevale.net
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Attributed to Nietzsche on quotes sites and on social media, the original quotation is from An Introduction to the History of Psychology by B. R. Hergenhahn (2008, page 226) and is the author's summary of Nietzsche's ideas: "The meaning and morality of one's life come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self-expansion by experimenting, by living dangerously. Life consists of an almost infinite number of possibilities, and the healthy person (the superman) explores as many of them as possible. Religions or philosophies that teach pity, humility, submissiveness, self-contempt, self-restraint, guilt, or a sense of community are simply incorrect. [...] For Nietzsche, the good life is ever-changing, challenging, devoid of regret, intense, creative, and risky."
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“I feel something for you, some dangerous thing, some volatile thing.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
Source: Genuine Lies