Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

Not being untutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction — Virgil
It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn what we have… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It's a pity youth is wasted on the young. — George Bernard Shaw
It is a pity that...the majority of feminists and their allies have stuck to the dead ground of "Me Decade" possessive individualism, an ideology that… — Christopher Hitchens
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself… — Stephen Covey
I am aware that I am very old now; but I am also aware that I have never been so young as I am now,… — Mark Twain
Compassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is… — Ram Dass
When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win. — Joe Frazier
When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be… — H. L. Mencken
A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him. — Henry David Thoreau
A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. — Friedrich Schiller
It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all… — Oscar Wilde
Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. — Arundhati Roy
Pity is just another form of abuse. — Michael J. Fox
I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that my agent gave… — James Marsden
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed… — Martha Beck
In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications must… — John Updike
Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling… — Stella Young
We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young
As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my… — John Scalzi

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