“A man can gasp out his life beside you-and you feel none of it. Pity, Sympathy, sure-but you don't feel the pain. Your belly is whole and that's what counts. A half-yard away someone's world is snuffled out in roaring agony-and you feel nothing. That's the misery of the world.” MenWorldFeelsWholePainHalfMiseryPityAgonyYardsBellyRoaringBeside You Author:Erich Maria Remarque
“The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.” PeopleMenMeanHardInterestHe ManProtectSorryPitySensitiveHard TimesMeekUnkindHaving A Hard Time Author:Martyn
“A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.” MenHumansHumanityForceHuman NatureHonorEssentialsDignityPityHelpless Book:The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches Source: The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches
“The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.” MenFactsEmotionCasesHe ManJudgingEssentialsPrejudiceAngerPityAppeals Book:Rhetoric Source: Rhetoric
“I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.” MenFeelsSelfPainFacesBearsMarkShamePityScornDisgraceDisdainBlushingBashful Book:Poems Source: Poems