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Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is read more
Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for read more
Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim read more
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
