Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
If we lacked curiosity, we should do less for the good of our neighbor. But, under the name of duty or pity,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“How dare I, Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives… — F. H. Bradley Copy Share Image
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not prone to weeping as our sex commonly are; the want of which vain dew perchance shall dry your pities;… — William Shakespeare 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
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves.… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
The collaboration which sometimes follows is seldom based on good will: usually on desire, rage, fear, pity or longing. The modern illusion… — John Berger Copy Share Image
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“I gave myself to you sooner than I ever did to any man, I swear to you; and do you know why?… — Alexandre Dumas-fils Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
“I'm not staying with him for the pain. It's what he says in his sleep. When he's moaning, he whispers. The cry… — SHOOWA Copy Share Image
It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
I believe, as human beings, we sometimes indulge in self pity more than it's necessary. Over my life's journey, I have realised… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
American feminism's nose dive began when Kate Millet, that imploding beanbag of poisonous self-pity, declared Freud a sexist. Trying to build a… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
[On her mastectomy:] Pity is delicious. I was crazy about the pity I got. It was the best kind, too. I did… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
Hey Ladies... give yourselves a break.No one owns your happiness.If someone doesn't make you happy then you should make yourself happy.Self pity… — Natasha Nsemiwe Copy Share Image
However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
If only he would not pity us so much, Weaken our fate, relieve us ofwoe both great And small, a constant fellow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a pity that the words "spiritual life" were ever invented, for they have caused so much confusion. For, in truth,… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Forsooth, I no longer toil in vain, To prove that demon pox warps the brain. So though 'ti pity, it's not in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The Impartial Friend: Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
There is nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ... Time, self-pity, apathy, bitterness,… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“If a man is to have a fault, it should be a passionate one, like insatiable curiosity. It would be a pity… — Gary Jennings Copy Share Image
When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst.… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Nothing but real love--(how rare it is; has one human heart in a million ever known it?) nothing but real love can… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him. "Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Are we not to pity and supply the poor, though they have no relation to us? No relation? That cannot be. The… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image