The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“All dreams. If there was love or pity for him, it was only in his dreams.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You can't have self-pity. At some point, you have to say, 'These are the cards I've been dealt, and I'm going to… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Pretty girls involved with me, makin' pretty love to me pretty, pity pity. — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
“My self-pity always had a time limit because I usually got annoyed with myself.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
“And pity, like a new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear,… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
“Whenever she saw in others an advantage, however trivial, which she herself lacked, she would persuade herself that it was no advantage… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
When the red wrath perisheth, when the dulled swords fail, These three who have walked with Death these shall prevail. Hell bade… — Theodosia Garrison Copy Share Image
Possibly, over the course of time, the brain capacity of homo sapiens will have made such great progress, that complications as contained… — Lodewijk Prins Copy Share Image
“Rather, the best clue is, of all things, the pity play. The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Remarking… — Alfonso X of Castile Copy Share Image
Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
Men there have been who have done the essayist's part so well as to have earned an immortality in the doing; but… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
“Pity. I might have been willing to listen to some paltry excuses.” She looked at the clock on the mantel. “Pack your… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese.… — Paul Neilan Copy Share Image
A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with. — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh And thy maker is not by; Think not thou canst weep a tear And thy… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
“I suffer,” said Hercule Poirot to himself in acute self-pity. “Yes, I suffer.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Let there be an end ... of all this welter of pity, which is only self-pity reflected onto some obvious surface. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee. — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It was quite life-affirming, for me, that I felt hat kind of pity for [Margaret Thatcher], because I didn't think I ever… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul will pity me. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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