He was beginning to feel pathetic and sorry for himself—not for anyone else.

科林开始为自己感到悲哀和难过——而不是为别人。

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What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself.

他绝不该做的事情就是坐在家里自我怜悯。

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So what? Can't a fellow feel sorry for himself?!

那又怎么样？人不能为自己感到难过么？ ！

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Last year, at the age of 87, he declined to be sorry for himself.

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"Not really into the game, feeling like it's over, feeling sorry for himself, " said tailback Tomlinson, the locker room's elder statesman, in explaining Holmes's body language.

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He saw how his dad went through chemo and radiation treatments, but never complained, never felt sorry for himself, and continued to work full-time to provide for his family.

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