Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic.
Pity is just another form of abuse.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.