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title: "5 Objects Pity Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-trilling/some-paradox-of-our-natures-leads-us-when-once-we-have-made-our/)

[Lionel Trilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-trilling/)

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> [I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wollstonecraft/i-earnestly-wish-to-point-out-in-what-true-dignity-and-human/)

[Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wollstonecraft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/mary-wollstonecraft-1568_body_i-earnestly-wish-to-point-out-in-what-tr_724004.jpg)

> [If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pietro-metastasio/if-the-internal-griefs-of-every-man-could-be-read-written-on-his/)

[Pietro Metastasio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pietro-metastasio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/pietro-metastasio-24319_death_if-the-internal-griefs-of-every-man-coul_1672574.jpg)

> [Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/look-around-in-the-world-and-you-may-see-some-in-every-place-who-are/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/john-flavel-4295_accidents_look-around-in-the-world-and-you-may-see_2075031.jpg)

> [“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wollstonecraft/my-own-sex-i-hope-will-excuse-me-if-i-treat-them-like-rational/)

[Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wollstonecraft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/mary-wollstonecraft-1568_children_my-own-sex-i-hope-will-excuse-me-if-i-tr_2310525.jpg)

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