Pity quotes
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"All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it."
"His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle."
"Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes."
"If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago."
"Christianity is called the religion of pity."
"Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se."
"In compassionate men, severity is a virtue."
"Where do your greatest dangers lie?--In pity."
"Nothing is more pathological in our pathological modernity than this disease of Christian pity."
"We feign pity when we want to demonstrate our ascendancy over feelings of hostility: but usually in vain. Whenever we notice this,there is an accompanying surge in those hostile sensations."
"I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love."
"It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young."
"I'm going to do my thing and if you react a certain way - with pity or with anger - that's up to you."
"Kind pity chokes my spleen."
"Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author."
"Pity is a corroding thing."
"Pity is woman's sweetest charm."
