Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.
Care and pity are two different things.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
Love and friendship exclude each other.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
Pity is just another form of abuse.