![Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity, a crippling emotional disease that severely distorts our perception of reality . . . a narcotic that leaves its addicts wasted and derelict.](/assets/img/quote-photos/pity-is-one-of-the-noblest-emotions-available-to-human-beings-self-pity-is-possi.jpg)
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