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.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps read more

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

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.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

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

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 the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.