In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not. — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
Blessed is he who invented recording! But what a pity that he was not born centuries earlier! Think only of all that… — Wanda Landowska Copy Share Image
But human nature cannot be content on a diet of honey and if there is nothing in one's life that requires pity,… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy,… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
He knows no other way but ugliness,” Sir Topher said quietly. “He was taught no other lessons but those of force. His… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn't the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn't… — Chris Cleave 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
Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The truth is that if we are consumed with finding ways to help others, there will be little room left in our… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
“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
I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo… — John Barth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I almost pity them. I think I have a freedom they cannot understand. No insult, no blame can touch me. Because… — John Fowles 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
Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to… — Anonymous 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
