Quotes having the keyword Pity
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
by Sallust (Historian , Roman) keywords: anger, any, clear, dislike, doubtful, every, first, friendship, minds, offer, opinion, pity, point, sentiment, should, their , those Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.
by Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher, German , born in 1788) keywords: always, any, character, chief, company, his, little, man, more, nobility, others, pity, pleasure, rascals, sign, sociable , takes We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people.
by Robert Falcon Scott (Explorer, British , born in 1868) keywords: after, cannot, course, end, far, getting, god, look, more, our, out, pity, sake, seems, shall, stick, think, weaker , write I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control.
by Muriel Spark (Novelist, English , born in 1918) keywords: birth, control, had, her, mother, pity, rather, she, than, think, thought , used To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
by Henri B. Stendhal (Writer, French , born in 1783) keywords: face, first, his, loved, man, pity, respect, same, should, sight, something , time It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
by Laurence Sterne (Novelist, Irish , born in 1713) keywords: candle, certain, day, either, end, every, fire, great, man, may, observation, out, pity, provided, set, standing, sufficient, tis , wick I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.
by John Templeton (Businessman, American , born in 1912) keywords: ago, back, centuries, century, convinced, descendants, field, look, now, our, pity, really, same, science, toward, two, us , will I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
by William Makepeace Thackeray (Novelist, English , born in 1811) keywords: coming, congratulate, his, knew, man, never, pity, senses , whether As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors and Kings, of heroes and murderers of the day. The dead now had that same unreality, which shocks without arousing pity.
by Ernst Toller (Playwright, German , born in 1893) keywords: annual, arousing, boy, chamber, day, dead, emperors, fair, figures, go, had, heroes, horrors, kings, look, murderers, now, pity, same, shocks, unreality, used, wax, which , without Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
by Ivan Turgenev (Novelist, Russian , born in 1818) keywords: among, egoism, feelings, good, oppose, petty, pity, remorse, strength, those , us Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: boat, did, does, his, miss, noah, often, party, pity , seem Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.
by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: boat, human, miss, noah, often, pity, race, seems , such There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: bitter, except, great, history, hot, little, part, pity, tears, world , wrath
