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Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.
Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
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.
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