Awkward Quote by Edward Bond

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 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

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

— Eugene H. Peterson

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

Pity is akin to love.

— Thomas Southerne

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

“Stop constantly pity other people for how unfortunate and miserable they are, it's unpleasent to hear that repeadetly. A man who do not pity…

— Fergus MacDermott

Pity is easy, but it is difficult to care.

— Ray Davies

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

— Andre Maurois

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

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

O, if there be any kind of life most sad, and deepest in the scale of pity, it is the dry, cold impotence of…

— Horace Bushnell

Pity melts the mind to love.

— John Dryden