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There are in fact two kinds of pity. One, the feeble and sentimental kind, is really no more than the heart’s impatience to free itself as quickly as possible from emotional discomfort when faced with another’s misfortune; (…) Then there is other kind, which is the only one that counts - unsentimental yet constructive, knowing its own mind, fully resolved to endure everything patiently, compassionately (…)