Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

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

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

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

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, read more

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

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.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

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.