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Show ! ! I Only Weak CharactersIndulge Characters iIndulge Indulge in SelfPityNever Self-Pity Self Pity Self.Pity SelfPity SelfPityNever - . Never complain . Let that be bo your yourleadIng yourleading yourleading leadIng principle . . Self pity Is one of ofthe ofthe ofthe liable hllbitq habitq one can cnn bave have haveUnfortunately haveI baveI the worst orst any uny I Unfortunately Innumerable InnuIDtrnble personsI personsha.e personshave persons personshave I have ha.e hae . this e\ e evil e11 etill \ 11 habit , , to tliclr t-helr t helr their - 0\\ 0 0nand own \ nand nandi and i ' : other people's peoples ' misfortune By Dy plying plt)1ng plt1ng plt)1ngthemselves plt ) lng lngI ! , themselves themselvcs , . by continually pondering'on ponderingI ponderingon pondering I 'on on I ' ' on their troubles and making a dls dis dlsI dlsplay disI display display I play of there theca thet In order to arouse pIty pItyI pItyIn pityIn pityIn I In others other : . , , they thcy Increase Incrcnse their own suf suf- ant- ant antferings sufI sufferlngs sufferings - | I ferings ferlngs without doing themselves theII1sel.es theII1seles . any anyI anygood anygood anygood | good .shates shates \ . whatever hatecr hate\ hate \ cr or . . Self Setr pity la Is senti sentimentalism sentimentalism sentmentallsrn ! mentalism of the most foolish COO1l5h kind kind.and kindand . , I and is characteristic ot of the weakllng weakling weakllngJust weaklingJust weaklingJust Just as dirt Is ! s matter In the wrong wrongI wrongplace wrongplace wrongplace I place , so 80 Is sentimentalism a n feeling feellng in inI Inthe I ' the \ wrong ron place 1We 1 ! 1We We aie me equipped with wltb feelings feeHngs that thatwe thatwe thatwe we may be ncth activated actisated nted by them to leave leaveundone leaveundone leaveundone undone undone that \ which hleh may be no-clous no clous noelous noclousand noelousand noilousand - and so seek secl . out that which will wlll be ad- ad advantageous advantageous ad advantageous - vantageous When Whcn we suffer pain , , we weshould weshould weshould should turn It It . , to account by noting notingthat notingthat notingthat that something is going on which must mustbe mustbe mustbe be altered and by setting to \ work ork on onI onthe onthe onthe the Instant to mal make e the necessary necessarychange necessarychange necessarychange necessarychangeIf I change changeIf If , instead of doing this , we surren surrendcr surrender surrender dcr der to the pain , we are arc not true per per- persons persons persons - sons of feeling , but sentimentalists sentimentalistsThere sentimentalistsThere sentimentalistsThere There are , unfortunately , more senti sentl- sentl senti- sentlmentaUsts sentimentalists sentimentalists - mentalists mentaUsts than persons of true feel feel- feelIng feeling feeling - ing , and in everyone every one of us there Is Isa isa isa a considerable Infusion of sentimental sentimental- sentimentalIsm sentimentalism sentimentalism - ism Almost all of ot us like Hke being com com- commIserated commiserated commiserated - miserated , are fond rond of ot Indulging In Inseltplty Inselfpity inself-pity inself pity selt-plty selt plty self-pity self pity - , thereby doing ourselves more moreharm moreharm moreharm harm than we ImagineD imagine-D imagine D Imagine -D D - E . T.etzens Tetzens } . T etzens |