Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. Votes: 4
Elizabeth BowenPity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act. Votes: 3
Pramoedya Ananta ToerAye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis. Votes: 3
Eloise Jarvis McGrawHeart-chilling superstition! thou canst glaze even Pity's eye with her own frozen tear. Votes: 3
Samuel Taylor ColeridgePity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing. Votes: 3
Eugene H. PetersonPity that child who was born near Rouen,His only crime, to arrive deformed. Votes: 3
E.A. BucchianeriBeloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead. Votes: 3
William CollinsPity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel. Votes: 3
Samuel JohnsonNothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life. Votes: 3
Joseph HenryPity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment. Votes: 3
Ann LandersPity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient. Votes: 3
Charles Henry ParkhurstPity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. Votes: 3
Charles Caleb ColtonTears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog. Votes: 3
Sebastian BarryPity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul. Votes: 3
Thomas SouthernePity me that the heart is slow to learnWhat the swift mind beholds at every turn. Votes: 3
Edna St. Vincent MillayPity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost. Votes: 3
Ruben DarioThis train of thought was heading straight for Pity City, and she wanted to get off. Votes: 3
Lauren KatePity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely. Votes: 3
Gautama BuddhaIf Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away. Votes: 3
Richard B. GarnettThey tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation. Votes: 3
Arthur HelpsPity.""You're serious? You just met me.""And already I have a strong urge to devour you. Votes: 3
Christina LaurenDo not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love. Votes: 3
J. K. RowlingI heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release. Votes: 3
William BlakePity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se. Votes: 3
Friedrich NietzschePity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house! Votes: 3
Jerry LewisPity wraps the student of the past in an ambrosial cloud, and washes his limbs with eternal youth. Votes: 3
E. M. ForsterPity you can't attach an extra arm to your [broom], Malfoy. Then it could catch the Snitch for you. Votes: 3
J. K. RowlingI had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me. Votes: 3
David DuchovnyMore helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. Votes: 2
George EliotSelf-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. Votes: 2
Helen KellerIt is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. Votes: 1
Manfred von RichthofenThe problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents. Votes: 1
Zig ZiglarI used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control. Votes: 1
Muriel SparkI pity those who have no taste for reading ... Votes: 0
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneAlas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt. Votes: 0
John Godfrey SaxeSelf-pity is egotism undiluted, after all"self-centeredness in its purest form. Votes: 0
Rick YanceyOptimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. Votes: 0
Cyril ConnollyWhat a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree... Votes: 0
Elizabeth George SpeareWe pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. Votes: 0
Jean-Jacques RousseauMen must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareCompassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear. Votes: 0
Joan Halifaxbut very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. Votes: 0
George EliotThere are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacWhat a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. Votes: 0
Margot AsquithGenerosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants. Votes: 0
Pierre CorneilleCompassion is not helpless pity, but an awareness and determination that demands action. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaI just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity. Votes: 0
Ida Rentoul OuthwaiteThe more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareIt is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth. Votes: 0
Vincent Van GoghIt's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading. Votes: 0
Halldór LaxnessGratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems. Votes: 0
Max LucadoIt seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonAmericans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it. Votes: 0
Jacques BarzunGive thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage... Votes: 0
Robert NathanFar more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity. Votes: 0
Moss HartNothing is more pathological in our pathological modernity than this disease of Christian pity. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheTry to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength. Votes: 0
Mariane PearlI never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayI feel the deepest, heartfelt pity for any adult who has never been in love. Votes: 0
Wayne Gerard TrotmanI feel the deepest, heartfelt pity for any adult who has never been in love." Votes: 0
Wayne Gerard TrotmanThe memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity. Votes: 0
Andrea CamilleriIt was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches. Votes: 0
Walter de La MareDo I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. Votes: 0
Jennifer AnistonIf all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheSelf-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit. Votes: 0
Charlaine HarrisSacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice. Votes: 0
Elizabeth BowenJesus made me, so he should save me from pity, sympathy and idiots discussing me. Votes: 0
Steven MorrisseyI've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen. Votes: 0
Lord ByronSoft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest. Votes: 0
Richard Brinsley SheridanHow despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage! Votes: 0
Ann RadcliffeAll who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. Votes: 0
SallustA woman's pity, which is talkative, carries the sick person's bed to the public marketplace. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheIn extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.] Votes: 0
Julius CaesarIdentity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. Votes: 0
Dorothy WestIt is strange how you shall hate a man, and yet pity him from the depths. Votes: 0
Richard LlewellynBeauty plus pity -- that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Votes: 0
Vladimir NabokovWhat pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill! Votes: 0
Philip MassingerI see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form. Votes: 0
Herschell Gordon LewisWhat a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! Votes: 0
Sydney SmithIs there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief? Votes: 0
William ShakespeareIn general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not. Votes: 0
Antoine RivarolPeople who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.' Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerYouth, have no pity; leave no farthing here For age to invest in compromise and fear. Votes: 0
Edna St. Vincent MillayWhat I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. Votes: 0
Frederick DouglassIt's a pity that Milosevic did not live through the trial and get his deserved sentence. Votes: 0
Stjepan MesicJust listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity. Votes: 0
Chris BoshWhat is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness. Votes: 0
Matthew FoxI think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. Votes: 0
James EllroyIn a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheI literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with. Votes: 0
Rose McGowanThe Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy. Votes: 0
Robert JordanI have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. Votes: 0
Siegbert TarraschGod put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. Votes: 0
Albert CamusTomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I. Votes: 0
A. E. HousmanDon't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever. Votes: 0
James AgateI wished to be loved by another,' [Ãowyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity. Votes: 0
J. R. R. TolkienWhen the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. Votes: 0
Miguel de CervantesPerchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more. Votes: 0
Michelangelopity runs its course. An hour comes when no hand but your own can build your future. Votes: 0
Zelda Popkin...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah - Votes: 0
Nick VujicicIt will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaFor man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. Votes: 0
Halldór LaxnessThere's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. Votes: 0
Cary ElwesThere's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. Votes: 0
Cary ElwesAs for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeI thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language. Votes: 0
Muriel BarberyA pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. Votes: 0
Friedrich SchillerWho among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? Votes: 0
Ivan TurgenevI've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. Votes: 0
George EliotOh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Votes: 0
Pierre CorneilleShe lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them Votes: 0
William ShakespeareI pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum? Votes: 0
William CowperIt is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheI have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else. Votes: 0
Carl OrrIf I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyA mourner is, perforce, a person with a story. The pity is, how very rarely it gets told. Votes: 0
Christian McEwenYou can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining. Votes: 0
Og MandinoThere is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. Votes: 0
Mary Roberts RinehartNo love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man. Votes: 0
Louisa May AlcottAssuredly it would be a pity if laughter should ever become, like rhetoric and the arts, a habit. Votes: 0
Alice MeynellThose who are too slow to be intelligent deserve our patience, those who are too quick, our pity. Votes: 0
James RichardsonTo be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly. Votes: 0
Philip NeriSelf-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul. Votes: 0
Paul HoffmanIt is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. Votes: 0
H. G. WellsSelf-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. Votes: 0
Elisabeth ElliotWhat a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeIt is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonSweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy. Votes: 0
Kristin ArmstrongPoverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity. Votes: 0
Josh BillingsWhen you marry a woman out of pity, then its a pity that you'll send her away very soon. Votes: 0
Michael Bassey JohnsonBut the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps. Votes: 0
Jonathan LethemI hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs Votes: 0
Anita RoddickSilly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity. Votes: 0
Michael CunninghamNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareI understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice. Votes: 0
Teri GarrI pity people who do not care for Society. They are poorer for the oblation they do not make. Votes: 0
Elizabeth BowenThe house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door. Votes: 0
Gordon LightfootI try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel pity for my psychopaths, because I do. Votes: 0
Ruth RendellToday is like yesterday and tomorrow will be the same as today. God, help us! Take pity of us! Votes: 0
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of RussiaIt is a pity that you students aren't fully aware of the luxury and abundance in which you live. Votes: 0
Hermann HesseNew York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. Votes: 0
Pharoahe MonchI drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity. Votes: 0
Michael MooreNo society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacPraise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers. Votes: 0
John BerrymanLife ain't all beer and skittles, and more's the pity; but what's the odds, so long as you're happy? Votes: 0
George du MaurierCuriosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheThere's a lot that you can be And ain't it a pity But its alright to smile back at me Votes: 0
Shannon HoonThe person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinTo seek acceptance is to seek pity, but to give acceptance and love is to gain the hearts of many. Votes: 0
Wayne ChirisaThe human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he's dying don't give him pity for others. Votes: 0
Tennessee WilliamsThe pity of living only once is that there is no way, ever, to be sure which sorrows are inevitable. Votes: 0
Rosellen BrownIt seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people. Votes: 0
Robert Falcon ScottLove and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God. Votes: 0
William LawEven your pity is like a blast of wind and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms. Votes: 0
TulsidasIf I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty. Votes: 0
Ethel WatersIt's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad game Votes: 0
Jose MourinhoI used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend. Votes: 4 Joyce Meyer