Edward Gibbon Quotes

Do not pity the dead, Harry.

I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.

The condition of the wounded touched my heart deeply.

We are truly to be pitied.

I don't cheer when people lose their lives.

I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.

I have a natural tendency to feel well about the world, I suppose, one way or another. But then there is the problem of pain. There are things like [Abraham] Lincoln's beloved little boy dying.

Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.

The deeper minds of all ages have had pity for animals.

Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.

No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones.

the very fact of the death of someone close to them aroused in all who heard about it, as always, a feeling of delight that he had died and they hadn't.

I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.

Compassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is a controlled set of thoughts designed to assure separateness. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity, the involuntary reflex of fear.

Pity drowns in numbers.

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled.

Holly died without a friend to hold her hand. Artemis felt her go, another gift of the magic. He kept on counting, brushing away the tears on his cheeks.

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.

A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself.

pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.