Pities Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… — Albert Camus
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton
He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the… — Thomas Paine
To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. — Miguel de Unamuno
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will… — Maximus the Confessor
Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of such predators, all… — Gilbert Sorrentino
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery. — Homer
When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant! — Thomas Hood
...But we enjoyed playing games and were punished for them by men who played games themselves. However, grown-up games are known as 'business' and even… — Saint Augustine
The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always… — Martyn
How many of our virtues originate in the fear of Death & that while we flatter ourselves that we are melting in Christian Sensibility over… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
It would be a thousand pities if women wrote like men, or lived like men, or looked like men, for if two sexes are quite… — Virginia Woolf
It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels. — Virginia Woolf
Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and… — H. Beam Piper
Nobody cares about your excuses. Nobody pities you for procrastinating. Nobody is going to cuddle you because you are lazy. Its your ass. You move… — Babloo
I pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me — Harry Kemp
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware — Robert Herrick

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