Quote by George Eliot

“The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments of selfish passion, can excite little pity.”

— Jane Austen

“We only see what interests us, and we have only insight in proportion to our sympathy.”

— Anonymous

“Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Stupidity is the unwillingness to appreciate the consequences of your actions.”

— John Scalzi

“because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“What an uncomfortable, terrible source of shame it is for the world that the victim is so often the one left with the most…

— Fredrik Backman

“Sympathy is to love thy neighbor. Empathy is to leave her alone.”

— Anthony Marais

“What dooms our best efforts to cultivate empathy and compassion is always, of course, other people.”

— Tim Kreider

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

— Robert J. Hanlon

“Approach the world with sympathy and compassion, just don't take any of it very seriously.”

— Kate Baggott

“I know you want me to feel some sympathy for them, but that's not who I am. I care only about those I know,…

— Rachel Caine

“Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the…

— Stephen Fry