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Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears.
Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
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 for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
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 is best taught by fellowship in woe.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
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
