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compassion's condescending cousin, arriving with help in one hand and a quiet verdict in the other
latin rootshares an origin with piety and dutiful devotion
compassion gapfeels for you from a safe distance above
aristotle's viewkey tragic emotion, paired with fear onstage
the cobra"more than my poor heart can stand" mocks self-pity
unwanted giftmost people would rather be respected than pitied