She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

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 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.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

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 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.

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

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.