Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pity is just another form of abuse.
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
Care and pity are two different things.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.
We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.
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