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Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
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.
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
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.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
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
