Great Pity Quotes
13 quotes by 11 authors
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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He…
— Rebecca West
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It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just as you think…
— Mark Twain
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The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding…
— Shirley Chisholm
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Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always…
— Michael Haneke
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It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.
— Swami Vivekananda
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It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.
— Charles Spurgeon
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Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and…
— Mary Astell
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Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly believe what our…
— Isak Dinesen
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at…
— Laurence Sterne
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To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadable—like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not…
— Mark Twain
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And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a person’s life on this earth. I don’t mean that we all end up dead,…
— Denis Johnson
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Trees had died to make these forms, and that seemed a great pity to me.
— Charlaine Harris
Who Wrote These Great Pity Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 13 Great Pity Quotes as follows: