Pitied Quotes
63 quotes by 57 authors
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When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty…
— John Woolman
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And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he…
— Charles Dickens
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...we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society. Most often, on the other hand,…
— Albert Camus
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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
— Jane Austen
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He invented the Fuse Box Dwarf, a little man who popped out at you from behind the paint cans in the cellarway and screamed, "Dreeb!…
— John Bellairs
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You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to…
— Nikos Kazantzakis
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under our love making I felt a bleakness that couldnt be dispelled. The sadness was in both of us, and I think we pitied ourselves…
— Siri Hustvedt
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His eyes softened. I thought maybe he pitied me, but it was something else. "Ultimately, it will be your burden to bear. It's always the…
— Kami Garcia
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To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an…
— C.S. Lewis
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Do you know where Jason is?†she asked Dmitri when they exited the morgue. Dmitri pressed the car remote to unlock the flame red Ferrari…
— Nalini Singh
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But you're beautiful, and the beautiful should be given whatever they want." "Hey, what about the ugly ones?" "The ugly ones." She poked her tongue…
— Hanif Kureishi
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These are dark radiances. They have no suspicion that they are to be pitied. Certainly they are so. He who does not weep does not…
— Victor Hugo
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I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes.
— Dave Barry
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This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.
— Alberto Moravia
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They are children, Sansa thought. They are silly little girls, even Elinor. They’ve never seen a battle, they’ve never seen a man die, they know…
— George R. R. Martin
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The only thing worse than having no friends is being pitied for having no friends.
— Lauren Oliver
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All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by…
— Neal Shusterman
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People who use their erudition to write for a learned minority... don't seem to me favored by fortune but rather to be pitied for their…
— Desiderius Erasmus
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I have Hurt Myself over and over, ensure confusion and distraction as my way of living with my Pitied self.. I fear too Much But…
— Samara Visser
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I pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me
— Harry Kemp
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