Divine Quote by George Eliot

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

— Herman Melville

There never was a story that was happy through and through.

— Marcus Sedgwick

Godard never sought to be sympathetic.

— Michel Hazanavicius

Had Passion and Purity never encountered, Tenderness had never come into the world.

— William Faulkner

I never wanted anyone's pity.

— Jake Weber

There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.

— Oscar Wilde

Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.

— Rebecca Solnit

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

— Anonymous

“Pity is an emotion that should have never been created. Pity was strong and could break the backs of people fighting for survival and…

— Elizabeth Isaacs

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Gentleness was sometimes perilously close to pity.”

— Julie Anne Long

If we never felt sorrow, we'd never recognize bliss.

— Dennis Quaid