“If, instead, you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and who actively campaigns for your sympathy, the chances are close to 100 percent that you are dealing with a sociopath.”

— Martha Stout

Source: The Sociopath Next Door

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American psychologist 1953

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