| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Pity |
| | | Better be envied than pitied. French, Italian, Dutch, Modern Greek. | 1 |
| Foolish pity spoils a city. | 2 |
For pity is the virtue of the law,
And none but tyrants use it cruelly. Shakespeare. | 3 |
| He hath a tear for pity, and a hand as open as the day for melting charity. Shakespeare. | 4 |
| He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord. Bible. | 5 |
| He that pitieth another remembereth himself. | 6 |
| No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. Shakespeare. | 7 |
| Pity and need make all flesh kin. | 8 |
| Pity cureth envy. | 9 |
| Pity is akin to love. | 10 |
| Pity melts the mind to love. Dryden. | 11 |
| Prudent cruelty is better than foolish pity. | 12 |
| We have a great pity for a man who is ruining himself, but very little for one that is ruined. | 13 |
| Wherever we meet misery we owe pity. | 14 | | |
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