Constant Quote by James Joyce

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 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

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

— Horace Mann

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 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 is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with…

— James Joyce

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey -…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What is pity but the vice of kindness.

— Emile M. Cioran

Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.

— Thomas Southerne