Quotes for All
Lord Maccon, might we have words on the proper tying of a cravat? For my sanity’s sake? Lord Maccon was nonplussed. Professor Lyall, on the other hand, was pained. “I do what I can.” Lord Akeldama looked at him, pity in his eyes. “You are a brave man. Gail Carriger
I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity. Gabrielle Zevin
From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people and, yes, I know I’m over-generalizing here. So when the occasional venue still describes us The ex as anarchopunk that’s a real bummer, since it attracts an audience that expects a kind of music – which … Read more
From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him. G. I. Gurdjieff
Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the desire to create; and that is apt to happen to a mathematician rather soon. It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, … Read more
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. ‘How everything affects me’ is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking. Ezra Taft Benson
Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from ‘The Garrett’) Ezra Pound
Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears. Euripides
Holidays – Have no pity. Eugenio Montale
Two days ago we waded through the mud out to this grave beneath the pines at the foot of the hill to place a Christmas wreath on it, hoping he would look down from the Paradise of Ten Billion Trees and Unrationable Dog Biscuits and pity us. Eugene O’Neill