If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes sympathy, and a little attention will show them, that those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.
Pity Quotes
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either.
There is no suffering which pity will not insult.
If every man’s internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now!
He that pities another remembers himself.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Does my quiet self-pity get to you or should I move up to incessant nagging?
I think he needs our pity who likes none.
It’s all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
