Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Pity

Better be envied than pitied.French, Italian, Dutch, Modern Greek.

Foolish pity spoils a city.

For pity is the virtue of the law,
And none but tyrants use it cruelly.Shakespeare.

He hath a tear for pity, and a hand as open as the day for melting charity.Shakespeare.

He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord.Bible.

He that pitieth another remembereth himself.

No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.Shakespeare.

Pity and need make all flesh kin.

Pity cureth envy.

Pity is akin to love.

Pity melts the mind to love.Dryden.

Prudent cruelty is better than foolish pity.

We have a great pity for a man who is ruining himself, but very little for one that is ruined.

Wherever we meet misery we owe pity.