Despise Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“And, much more than hate, it is pity which is the opposite, the doom, of love. For to love or hate truly, you need…

— Cameron Dokey

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

— Herman Melville

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.

— Luc de Clapiers

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

— Samuel Johnson

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey -…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Pity is a useless emotion”

— Jackson Pearce

“So true it is, and so terrible too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections;…

— Herman Melville

There are two kinds of pity. One, the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart's impatience to be rid…

— Stefan Zweig

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as…

— Friedrich Nietzsche