“They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Pity is an emotion equally unpleasant to the bestower as to the recipient. — Bolesław Prus Copy Share Image
“I was wallowing in a small, but beautifully decorated pity party, complete with imaginary streamers…” — Alicia Buck Copy Share Image
Avoid self-pity, or the pity and sympathy of others. Never allow others to make you feel inferior. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
“to him that is pitiless the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond comprehension.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“it was a pity Mr. Brocklehurst could not see them too; he would perhaps have felt that, whatever he might do with… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The one good thing about our school was the Cadets; I chose to be in the Navy, purely for the sailor's outfit.… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The wrong that rouses our angry passions finds only a medium in us; it passes through us like a vibration, and we… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I think the French have come to grips with their past, and that was true up until about - until the '70s.… — Robert O. Paxton Copy Share Image
I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
People can be extraordinarily resilient and show extraordinary grace and humour even in moments of tribulation. I've always found that it's much… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with — or maybe overly focused on — the idea that… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and… — Olga Masters Copy Share Image
When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
“Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don't need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding love… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Jack? . . . No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
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