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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.
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.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe
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.
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
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Soft pity enters an iron gate.
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
