Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others' asking, then you have pity and honour from me. And I marvel at you: to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit. — Charlaine Harris
To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain. — Herman Melville
The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that heâ€™s dying donâ€™t give him pity for others. — Tennessee Williams
Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for… — Deb Caletti
Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches. — Walter de La Mare
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born, hasn't every word… — Jean Rhys
It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia "Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza "No. But… — Jennifer Crusie
And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a personâ€™s life on this earth. I donâ€™t mean that we all end up dead,… — Denis Johnson
Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. And I want you to feel it--the wind coming off the river, the… — Tim O'Brien
What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams… — Tim O'Brien
Jack? . . . No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces… — Oscar Wilde
Sympathy is what you have for someone after they die, pity you have for someone when they don't have a date to the biggest dance… — Mahatma Gandhi
She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them — William Shakespeare
The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding… — William Faulkner
Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis. — Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Clary grinned. "A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-" He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know." "I… — Cassandra Clare

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