Quotes About Pity

Ce qui m'a gardé de la débauche, ce n'est pas la vertu, mais l'ironie. La bêtise du vice me fait encore plus rire de pitié que la turpitude ne me dégoûte.

Thou, thou hast no pity save for thine own misery. It is like a remorse that gnaws thee, a savage madness that impels thee to repel the caress of a dog or to frown upon the smile of a child.

A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity.

It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.

Mental illnesses are so strange. A physical problem we can understand. But when the mind works irrationally, well, by its very definition, the rational mind cannot truly relate. We can pity. But we cannot fully grasp.

Even your pity is like a blast of wind and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms.

Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

'Tis true 'tis pity And pity 'tis 'tis true.

Deus misereatus mei (May God compassionate me)

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

Through pity, then, I can't resist delivering a song of bliss when witnessing the painful trace that love leaves in a young girl's face. I try to teach them, through my song, love of that kind will not last long, because, just as my song relents, love rarely stays when it descends on children's hearts, but meets its death the way that warmth fades on our breath.

Para que lo sepas, Lenny, esta no es una cita —Trish dice. —Entonces, ¿qué es? —Soy yo sintiendo lástima por ti, porque eres un perdedor.

A sabedoria, contemplando o género humano, só conduz a estes dois resultados: ao desdém ou à compaixão.

She said out of pity for him, "I shall give you a kiss if you like," but though he once knew, he had long forgotten what kisses are, and he replied, "Thank you," and held out his hand, thinking she had offered to put something into it. This was a great shock to her, but she felt she could not explain without shaming him, so with charming delicacy she gave Peter a thimble which happened to be in her pocket, and pretended that it was a kiss.

Silence in love bewrays more woeThan words, though ne'er so witty;A beggar that is dumb, you know,Deserveth double pity.

under our love making I felt a bleakness that couldnt be dispelled. The sadness was in both of us, and I think we pitied ourselves that night, as if we were other people looking down on the couple who lay together on the bed

This overt touch of vanity made me pity him for a moment.

Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it?

Pity is like lust ... both like to masquerade as love and it's powerfully hard to know the difference when you're in the throes of it.

Pity melts the mind to love.

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.