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Pity Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity.
- In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.
- Pity makes suffering contagious.
- Christianity is called the religion of pity.
- What is more harmful than any vice? Practical sympathy and pity for all the failures and all the weak : Christianity.
- Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey - and…
- The "religion of pity" to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and women who need…
- There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated…
- It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.
- To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth; having the most…
- If we lacked curiosity, we should do less for the good of our neighbor. But, under the name of duty or pity, curiosity steals into…
- If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.
- Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity,…
- Meaning and morality of One's life come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self expansion by experimenting and by living dangerously. Life consists of…
- Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.
- To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one…
More Pity Quotes
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- Those who do not complain are never pitied. — Jane Austen
- What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. — Joseph Addison
- It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. — Stephen Vincent Benet
- Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. — William Blake
- In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for… — Mary J. Blige
- I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be… — Lionel Blue
- It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring… — W. E. B. Du Bois
- The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom… — David Brainerd
- When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
- The sea has neither meaning nor pity. — Anton Chekhov