Suffering Quote by Antiphon

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.

— Benjamin Franklin

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the…

— Ayn Rand

“Attention received after pleading is called pity.”

— Nitya Prakash

“the pity which the spectators then exhibit is in so far a consolation for the weak and suffering in that the latter recognize therein…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Stop constantly pity other people for how unfortunate and miserable they are, it's unpleasent to hear that repeadetly. A man who do not pity…

— Fergus MacDermott

If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is…

— African Spir

Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity is like a knife, sometimes, and it may pierce one who employs it more shrewdly than the victim it would save.

— Edwin Arlington Robinson

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

— Eugene H. Peterson

“Pity does not validate cowardice”

— Anthony Lo