Quotes about pity

"Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong."

Arnold, Sir Edwin on pity   

"Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied."

Austen, Jane on pity
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"Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing."

Billings, Josh on pity   

"God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease."

Camus, Albert on pity   

"A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others."

Cicero, Marcus T. on pity   

"Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed."

Colton, Charles Caleb on pity   

"More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us."

Eliot, George on pity   

"When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing -- deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different."

Galsworthy, John on pity   

"Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other."

Goldsmith, Oliver on pity
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"If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards."

Johnson, Samuel on pity   

"Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation."

Macaulay, J. C. on pity
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"Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool."

Maurois, Andre on pity   

"If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity."

Proverb, Italian on pity
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"Pity is treason."

Robespierre, Maximilien on pity   

"Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity."

Sade, Marquis De on pity   

"Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky."

Saying, Ojibwa on pity   

"Soft pity enters an iron gate."

Shakespeare, William on pity   

"Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature."

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley on pity
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"Pity is for living, envy is for dead."

Twain, Mark on pity   

"To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most."

Unamuno, Miguel De on pity   

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