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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… — Rebecca West
- It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just… — Mark Twain
- The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there… — Shirley Chisholm
- Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite… — Michael Haneke
- It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you. — Swami Vivekananda
- It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head. — Charles Spurgeon
- Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them… — Mary Astell
- Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly… — Isak Dinesen
- It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like… — Laurence Sterne
- 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… — Mark Twain
- And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a person’s life on this earth. I don’t mean that we all… — Denis Johnson
- Trees had died to make these forms, and that seemed a great pity to me. — Charlaine Harris