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    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.

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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Pity Quotes,
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Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

by Edna St. Vincent Millay Found in: Pity Quotes,
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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.

by George Eliot Found in: Pity Quotes,
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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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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.

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Pity Quotes,
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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

by George Eliot Found in: Pity Quotes,
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We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

by Jean-jacques Rousseau Found in: Pity Quotes,
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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.

by Helen Keller Found in: Pity Quotes,
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Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Pity Quotes,
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