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

— James Joyce

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Horace Mann

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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