Amiable Quote by Solomon Schechter

“No, Maximilien, I am not offended," answered she, "but do you not see what a poor, helpless being I am, almost a stranger and…

— Alexandre Dumas

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

“There are many good people who are denied the supreme blessing of children, and for these we have the respect and sympathy always due…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of…

— Baron de Montesquieu

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

— Samuel Johnson

“But, imbued from her childhood with a brooding sense of wrong, and an inveterate hatred of a class, opportunity had developed her into a…

— Charles Dickens

If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is…

— African Spir

But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

— Arthur Helps

“Stop constantly pity other people for how unfortunate and miserable they are, it's unpleasent to hear that repeadetly. A man who do not pity…

— Fergus MacDermott