Pity Quotes

“Pity makes suffering contagious.”

“Pity should cover both sin and woe.”

“[P]ity comes
To those that pity.”

“Pity in woman is a great beautifier.”

“Tear-falling pity dwells not in his eye.”

“For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.”

“Piety to mankind must be three-fourths pity.”

“But they that han't pity, why I pities they.”

“Pity essentially depends on clarity of vision.”

“Pity, some say, 's the parent
Of future love.”

“Now, pity is the touch of God
In human hearts.”

“Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart.”

“He that woll maister be,
He mot [must] be servant to pite.”

“Taught by that Power that pities me,
I learn to pity them.”

“To share the suffering
of them we pity ranks above redress.”

“The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.”

“Pity speaks to grief
More sweetly than a band of instruments.”

“Pity and need
Make all flesh kin. There is no caste in blood.”

“For purest pity is the eye of love
Melting at sight of sorrow.”

“Pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.”