"Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to resist."

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God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness.

— Leigh Hunt