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There is always an element of pity in love.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for the troubles of others.
Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.
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 him.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Pity is exhaustible. What a terrible discovery!
People in distress never think that you feel enough.
In our world, pity implies a degrading act of condescension, a patronizing good deed performed by someone in a superior position for the sake of someone presumably inferior.
The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he wants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance, but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.
Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.
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