Quote#Love
Pity's akin to love
Quote byThomas Southerne · 1660–1746
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Oroonoka, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love / Pity's the straightest", John Fletcher, The Knight of Malta, Act i, scene 1..
English (original)
Pity's akin to love.
— Thomas Southerne
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