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.
Of all the paths lead to a womans love Pitys the straightest.
PITIFUL adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
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.
Sometimes I go about pitying myself And all the while I am being carried across the sky By beautiful clouds.