Grief Quote by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

— Eugene H. Peterson

Pity is easy, but it is difficult to care.

— Ray Davies

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

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

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?

— William Shakespeare

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity was meant to be a spur that drives joy to help misery. But it can be used the wrong way round. It can…

— Anonymous

Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

— Graham Greene

Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with — or maybe overly focused on — the idea that they can’t…

— Joan Didion

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

— Sophie Swetchine