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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 costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
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 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 the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
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
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
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
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.
