281 Quotes About Pity

What a mystery a marriage was. What a strange and violent world, the world of matrimony. I was glad to be outside it. The idea of it filled me with a sort of queasy pity.

We find many friends when we are down and out. People swarm around with proclamations of, 'Oh, how dreadful. How terrible.' They may as well be saying, 'Thank you so much for making me feel better about myself and my life. You have more problems than me and are more pathetic.' Yet, when we enter the path of healing, there will be few standing there to wish us well, in case we find it.

Mercy stream falls on the needy who showsPity to the poor.

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux.ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien.

Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.

You have been “self-pitying” for long years now and things don’t seem to improve. Just try a few days of good self-esteeming” and you’ll see things taking a better shape!

Go ahead, kill me! But live with this: All those people die!For the rest of your life, somewhere behind the feeds, that human part of you hiding down deep will always wonder how much pain you could have prevented if you hadn't been so weak!

We often pity someone we ought to envy, or envy someone we ought to pity.