Quotes About Empathy

Those who do not complain are never pitied

There can hardly be a more unpleasant sensation than the having anything returned on our hands which we have given with a reasonable hope of its contributing to the comfort of a friend.

afterwards.--She had humoured, or softened, or concealed his failings

My dear Jane! You are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic: I do not know what to say to you. I feel as if I had never done you justice, or loved you as you deserve.

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years

Anche se la condannava per le cose passate, e la considerasse con grande e ingiusto risentimento, benché fosse interessato a un'altra non poteva vederla soffrire senza provare il desiderio di procurarle sollievo.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. Jane Austen in 'Emma

Elinor, aunque sabía que tal aflicción, por terrible que fuera de contemplar, debía seguir su curso, se mantuvo atenta a su lado hasta que estos excesos de dolor de alguna manera se habían agotado.

I did not understand you. I shut my eyes, and would not understand you, or do you justice. This is a recollection which ought to make me forgive every one sooner than myself.

He has been so unlucky as to lose your friendship," replied Elizabeth with emphasis, "and in a manner which he is likely to suffer from all his life.

Let me call your maid. Is there nothing you could take to give you present relief? A glass of wine; shall I get you one? You are very ill.

That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." Later

He sido mejor con él que conmigo mismo.

No pudo haber dos corazones más abiertos, ni gustos tan similares, ni sentimientos tan unificados. Ahora eran dos extraños. No; peor que extraños, porque jamás podrían llegar a conocerse. Era un exilio perpetuo.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other

Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her!

As these considerations occurred to her in painful succession, she wept for him, more than for herself.

El ceder sin convicción no habla en favor del entendimiento de ninguno de los dos .

Jane met her with a smile of such sweet complacency, a glow of such happy expression, as sufficiently marked how well she was satisfied with the occurrences of the evening. Elizabeth instantly read her feelings, and at that moment solicitude for Wickham, resentment against his enemies, and everything else, gave way before the hope of Jane's being in the fairest way for happiness.

Elinor abandonó sus esfuerzos, dejando que algún día la convenciera de que así eran las cosas lo único que podía llegar a convencerla: un conocimiento más profundo de la humanidad.

a whole day's tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.

Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people live fuller lives.

Because you were loved you'll know how to love. And you will recognise real love for you.