"Now look-a-here, fella. You got that eye wide open. An’ ya dirty, ya stink. Ya jus’ askin’ for it. Ya like it. Lets ya feel sorry for yaself. ‘Course ya can’t get no woman with that empty eye flappin’ aroun’. Put somepin over it an’ wash ya face."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 16. Tom has little sympathy for a bitter one-eyed man who hates his job and is thinking of hitting his boss with a wrench. Tom tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself and get his act together.