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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 is best taught by fellowship in woe
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
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 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
Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor read more
Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
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
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
