Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. “Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have.
