It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
Pity is just another form of abuse.
Care and pity are two different things.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
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.
Love's an excuse to get hurt.
To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.