Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

Why should we believe in God? We hate Christianity and Christians. Even the best of them must be regarded as our worst enemies. They preach… — Unknown Author
Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents of all the… — John Flavel
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object… — Charles Dickens
He [the writer] must, teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no… — William Faulkner
While they danced they came over them the weariness with the world, the melancholy, the pity one for the other, which is the exultation of… — William Butler Yeats
His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle. — James Russell Lowell
When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble. — Gautama Buddha
Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely. — Gautama Buddha
A mourner is, perforce, a person with a story. The pity is, how very rarely it gets told. — Christian McEwen
It is better to arouse envy than pity. — Publilius Syrus
I have to be honest with you. Islam is on very thin ice with me... Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous silences, we Muslims… — Irshad Manji
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. — Jose Marti
Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred. — Anatole France
New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. — Pharoahe Monch
When you speak about these miracles, I laugh within Myself out of pity, that you allow yourself so easily to loose the precious awareness of… — Sathya Sai Baba
I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release. — William Blake
And what is the great thing that the stage does? It cultivates the imagination. And . . . the imagination constitutes the great difference between… — Robert Green Ingersoll
But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces? — Boris Pasternak
A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing… — Aristotle
The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse,… — Mother Teresa

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