“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
There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. — Cary Elwes 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
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 pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I cruelly hate cruelty, both by nature and reason, as the worst of all the vices. But then I am so soft… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom… — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this, Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
“It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw, not him,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It was one lesson he never forgot.You don't sit back when you or a loved one is being assaulted.And you don't act… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“You have to get beyond pity, in order to feel from the very roots of your being. One can't make a new… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti 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
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
There is nothing which one regards so much with an eye of mirth and pity as innocence when it has in it… — Joseph Addison 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
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
There are those without decency who must be fought without hesitation, without pity. — Henri Copy Share Image
I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
A woman's pity, which is talkative, carries the sick person's bed to the public marketplace. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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