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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 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.
To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.
To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
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.
