Quotes About Empathy

We have not all, you know, the same tenderness of disposition…

When one is in great pain, you know one cannot feel any blessing quite as it may deserve.

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation. Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

Her heart was made for love and kindness, not for resentment.

Qualquer pessoa, seja homem ou mulher, que não souber apreciar um bom romance deve ser insuportavelmente estúpido.

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

She was his own Emma, by hand and word

If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.

El que ella no se lo reproche, no lo justifica a él. Solo demuestra que ella carece de algo, bien de prudencia, bien de sentimiento.

Era una de esas personas que creen que nada puede ser peligroso, difícil o cansado para nadie, excepto para ellas mismas.

These are the sights, Harriet, to do one good. How trifling they make every thing else appear!---I feel now as if I could think of nothing but these poor creatures all the rest of the day; and yet, who can say how soon it may all vanish from my mind?

Mrs. Jennings wrote to tell the wonderful tale, to vent her honest indignation against the jilting girl, and pour forth her compassion towards poor Mr. Edward, who, she was sure, had quite doted upon the worthless hussy...

But to expose the former faults of any person without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable.

Je lui aurais volontiers pardonné son orgueil s'il n'avait tant mortifié le mien.

He looks miserable poor soul!

Y con facilidad perdonaría su orgullo si no hubiera mortificado el mío.

Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Las personas que como yo padecen de los nervios no tienen muchas ganas de hablar. ¡Nadie imagina mi sufrimiento! Pero siempre ha sido igual. Si uno no se queja, nadie le compadece.

For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had been able to get the better of himself.

If, however, I am allowed to think that you and yours feel an interest in my fate and actions, it may be the means—it may put me on my guard—at least, it may be something to live for.

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it…

He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience.

Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to plague you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.

She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation