Children Quote by Samuel Johnson

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may…

— Samuel Johnson

Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel.

— Samuel Johnson

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 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 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 cruel. Pity destroys.

— Graham Greene

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

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

— Samuel Johnson

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 a benign form of abuse.

— Michael J. Fox

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 arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

— Gautama Buddha