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"Pity in woman is a great beautifier."
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Pity"Pity is the most useless article in the world. [...] Its the reverse side of gloating, you ought to know that."
Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others. The word is comparable to compassion, condolence, or empathy. It derives from the Latin pietas. Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself.
"Pity in woman is a great beautifier."
"O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer."
"Pity makes suffering contagious."
"I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul shall pity me: Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?"
"La plaincte et la commiseration sont meslees à quelque estimation de la chose quon plaind."
"Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison."