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Pity

(noun) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. Example: "I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat."

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"We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift."
— Marilyn Monroe
"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Religions that teach pity, self-contempt, humility, self-restraint and guilt are incorrect."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world."
— Helen Keller
"Love is not pity. Love is fire."
— Kyrah Edwards
"Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal."
— Voltaire

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