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

Arnold, Sir Edwin on Pity
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"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
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"God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease."

Camus, Albert on Pity
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"A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others."

Cicero, Marcus T. on Pity
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"Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed."

Colton, Charles Caleb on Pity
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"More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us."

Eliot, George on Pity
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Soft pity enters an iron gate."

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

Unamuno, Miguel De on Pity
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