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.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

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

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

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.

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

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 for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.