In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic… — Nick Hornby 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
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“When you marry a woman out of pity, then its a pity that you'll send her away very soon.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Adolescence is the time to enlarge the natural sentiments of pity, friendship, and generosity, the time to develop an understanding of human… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are falling into the… — Saint Basil 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 what is the great thing that the stage does? It cultivates the imagination. And . . . the imagination constitutes the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder. — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her?… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
remember the golden apple-trees; O, do not pity them, as you watch them drop one by one, for they fall exhausted, numb,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. — John W Gardner Copy Share Image
I don't want people to feel sorry for me, I want them to realize how strong I am. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O, if there be any kind of life most sad, and deepest in the scale of pity, it is the dry, cold… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
It seems to me, that if people only knew how hard it was for me to endure life, they would find it… — Ivo Andric Copy Share Image
