Piety

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We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced
Of all emotions, pity is the hardest to endure, especially when it is deserved. Hatred is a tonic, it quickens the spirit, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills the spirit, it intensifies our weaknesses, it cripples us
Pity and commiseration are mixed with some regard for the thing which one pities
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