Pity Quotes
These are some of the best 'Pity' quotations and sayings.
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A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written.
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He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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More helpful than all wisdom or counsel is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
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Of all the paths leading to a woman's love, pity is the straightest.
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Oh, brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother; where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.
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Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
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Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve his. When I am on my way to dine with a friend, and, finding it late, bid the coachman make haste, when he whips his horses I may feel unpleasantly that the animals are put to pain, but I do not wish him to desist; no, sir; I wish him to drive on.
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Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatesoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer.
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Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
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Pity swells the tide of love.
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The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do.
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