Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Self-Pity

I told a man I know that his conversation was always centred around himself.

He took great umbrage at this and said: "I really want you to take that back. I don't think you have any idea what a low opinion of myself I have. I mean, as far as I'm concerned I'm nothing. A nobody. A complete twat. A heap of..."

"You're still talking about yourself, though, aren't you?" I said.

Self-pity is inverted egotism.

2 comments:

Bruce Hodder said...

You say that, but I think the opposite could be argued.

Anonymous said...

You hit the nail dead on the head here, my friend.

Now...

Let's talk about me.


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