Change Quote by Charles Dickens

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

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

“Dont pity people who don't pity themselves, it's unpleasant to repeatedly hear how miserable and unfortunate they are.”

— Ilan Grif

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

— Samuel Johnson

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

Sometimes the most sincere smile is a solemn frown.

— Jacob Flores

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

— Eugene H. Peterson

Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads…

— Richard Wright

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters which may…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We feign pity when we want to demonstrate our ascendancy over feelings of hostility: but usually in vain. Whenever we notice this,there is an…

— Friedrich Nietzsche