God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall; For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Pity Quotes
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
Oh, brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother; where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.
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.
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
Pity embedded lies where love hath been.
Pitiful, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
