281 Quotes About Pity

As if pity is, as he has been taught, not a helpless outcry but a powerful tide that could redeem the world...

Show pity I beg you...We have today been struck down by fortuneBut tomorrow it may be your own turn to die.

Se vorbește despre milă cu mare ușurință, ca și despre iubire, când de fapt este o pasiune pustiitoare și ambiguă pe care atât de puțini sunt capabili s-o resimtă.

Mila ardea în inima lui mocnit ca putregaiul. Nu va scăpa de ea nicicând. Știa din experiență cum se stinge pasiunea și cum dispare dragostea, dar mila rămânea întotdeauna. Nimic nu micșora vreodată mila. Împrejurările vieții o alimentau.

And yet he did genuinely love Cordelia. Not with any kind of physical love. That was impossible. But with a feeling of pity that shook the foundations of his nature.

You speak with little pity, my man.''I'm like the gentry, then. Like the parsons, and the justices, and the lords and ladies. Like that proud besom down to Blandamer.

When we feel sorry for someone, we inadvertently put ourselves in the high-power position.

Pity … should be reserved for innocent people who are in genuine pain or who have fallen on misfortune. If you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and who actively campaigns for your sympathy, the chances are close to 100 percent that you are dealing with a sociopath.

I step back, hating pity, having learned from Mother thatthe pity giverfeels better, never the pity receiver.