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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.
She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
