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Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears.
Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears.
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.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
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.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
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
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
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
