Quotes About Empathy

I'll try to break their hearts by breaking my own.

However miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty arises from your greater misery.

No demuestra buen corazon quien se burla de sus semejante por sus esfuerzos imperfectos

I never say to him, 'Let this or that enemy alone, because it would be ungenerous or cruel to harm them'; I say, 'Let them alone, because I should hate them to be wronged': and he'd crush you like a sparrow's egg, Isabella , if he found you a troublesome charge.

mesmo que eu o derrubasse vinte vezes, isso não o tornaria menos bonito, nem a mim menos feio. (...) - Um bom coração ajuda a ter um belo rosto, meu rapaz, mesmo que a pessoa seja monstruosa. Sabias que um coração empedernido é capaz de tornar a pessoa mais bonita num verdadeiro monstro.

Oh! here we are the same as anywhere else, when you get to know us,' observed Mrs. Dean, somewhat puzzled at my speech.

It struck me soon, however, there would be more sense in endeavouring to repair some of his wrongs than shedding tears over them.

A good heart will help you to a bonny face

i have not broken your heart — you have broken it — and in breaking it, you have broken mine. (heathcliff to cathy, ch. I, p. 163)

what misery laid on Heathcliff could content me, unless I have a hand in it?  I'd rather he suffered less, if I might cause his sufferings and he might know that I was the cause.  Oh, I owe him so much. 

Mr. Heathcliff, you have nobody to love you; and, however miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty rises from your greater misery! You are miseable, are you not? Lonely, like the devil, and envious like him? Nobody loves you - nobody will cry for you, when you die! I wouldnt't be you!

I was weeping as much for him as her: we do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others. 

That made her cry, at first; and then, being repulsed continually hardened her, and she laughed if I told her to say she was sorry for her faults and beg to be forgiven.

I would rather be miserable than that he should be: that proves I love him better than myself.

We do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others. a

nous éprouvons parfois de la pitié pour des êtres qui ne connaissent ce sentiment ni pour eux-mêmes ni pour les autres.

Ocurre a veces que sentimos piedad por gente que ni para consigo misma ni para con los demás conoce este sentimiento.

No sé de qué están hechas las almas, pero la mía y la suya son una sola

Mr. Heathcliff you have nobody to love you; and, however miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty arises from your greater misery.  You are miserable, are you not?  Lonely, like the devil, and envious like him?  Nobody loves you—nobody will cry for you when you die!  I wouldn't be you!

No sé qué composición tendrán nuestras almas, pero sea de lo que sea, la suya es igual a la mía

If I were you, I'd go stretch myself over her grave and die like a faithful dog.

No se de que estaran hechas las almas; pero la suya y la mia son iguales

A veces sentimos piedad por personas que carecen por completo de ella tanto hacia sí mismas como hacia los demás.

No one can die of love for a stranger.