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 me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps read more

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart

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.

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

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

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

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 costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.