Pity Quotes

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The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it… — Honore de Balzac
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
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,… — Oscar Wilde
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. — Oscar Wilde
I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with… — Kurt Vonnegut
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton
If I can send the flower of the German nation into the hell of war without the smallest pity for the shedding of precious German… — Adolf Hitler
But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity. — Louisa May Alcott
Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not… — Mencius
Have charity towards all beings. Pity those who are in distress. Love all creatures. Do not be jealous of anyone. Look not to the faults… — Swami Vivekananda
Charity isn't about pity, it is about love. — Mother Teresa
Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they have suffered the same sorrow… — Miguel de Unamuno
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. — Cyril Connolly
Holidays - Have no pity. — Eugenio Montale
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some… — F. H. Bradley
To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow… — Phyllis Bottome
Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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