The proud and noble nature can endure everything, but one thing it cannot endure, it cannot endure pity.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Fear and Trembling
Topic pity
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Walter Lowrie
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