W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Interlude: West's Disease", p. 243
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
Future Proofing You (2021)
W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Interlude: West's Disease", p. 243
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
Patty Duke (1946–2016) American actress
“The mistake is in thinking there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”
David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary
Variant: The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.
Source: The Lover's Dictionary
“Do not indulge yourself in a self-pitying, self-gratifying revenge.”
Nick Drake (poet) (1961) British writer
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The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)
Context: Death makes us strangers to ourselves... Do not indulge yourself in a self-pitying, self-gratifying revenge. More than likely you would simply end up dead as well.
“That most risky and volatile of all things—a self-pitying majority.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
"Appointment in Sarajevo" (1992).
1990s, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports (1993)