pity swells the tide of love. From LearnThat.org. [Edward Young (1683-1765)]
The blind are too often objects of pity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It's a pity he couldn't do it. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As fire drives out fire, so pity pity. From Wordnik.com. [Act III. Scene I. Julius Cæsar] Reference
pity pity pity . From Wordnik.com. [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference
E. LYONS: Well, it's either a smile and have him -- or what I call a pity party all day long. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2005] Reference
It's not a place where they indulge in pity parties. From Wordnik.com. [From the South Bronx to West Point] Reference
I early learned this caution, that pity is not love. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Book of Favorite Songs] Reference
Her state seemed to excite no pity from the onlookers. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
Giving you pity is like giving a crackwhore more rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » GOP Senate Candidate Rep. Mike Castle Takes Credit For Over $5 Million In Stimulus Funds He Voted To Kill] Reference
No amount of crying and self-pity is going to change that fact. From Wordnik.com. [Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 » November] Reference
At last, mother-like, she forgot the passion in pity of the pain. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
Why does kindness, in the moment, look like pity from a distance. From Wordnik.com. [Mistake] Reference
What a pity is is that he played the buffoon in order to getthere. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation] Reference
What a pity is is that he played the buffoon in order to get there. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation] Reference
Ah! leave me, in pity, firm in integrity, though fallen in fortune! '. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
"Poor" is applied to it in pity, on account of the impending calamity. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
In elite international competition, taking no pity is taken for granted. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Keeping judo in the family] Reference
The pity is Hong Kong is so small and that it is becoming so overcrowded. From Wordnik.com. [The Commonwealth on Trial] Reference
So it seems that HALO is out, which is a pity from the POV of an xbox nerd. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club.] Reference
So I feel something like pity, maudlin pity, and am ashamed of that as well. From Wordnik.com. [Dirty Dancing] Reference
The only pity is that no pictures were made to commemorate the man in action. From Wordnik.com. [The Transition Begins, Poorly Lit - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
That's so, colonel – the pity is that it wasn't found out fourteen years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Self-pity is a common trait, especially in the occasional disillusion of youth. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Self-Pity of Elena Kagan] Reference
Petitioning for pity is most weak,/The sovereign people ought to demand justice. From Wordnik.com. [Collation of Witnesses] Reference
People have been known to BECOME ill so they can get that brought to them in pity!. From Wordnik.com. [Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan] Reference
I could almost feel sorry for McCain, but pity is not a good reason to support him. From Wordnik.com. [After bad press, McCain goes back to town-halls] Reference
His craven terror would have been pitiable in any one to whom the word pity could apply. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
And did I see a look of pity from the five countries over our so called health care system?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bachmann Suggests Critics Of Health Care Reform Will Be Put On A ‘List’ And Denied Treatment] Reference
Pays 10 cents a word, the pity is that the mini-essay (about Venice) is only 590 words long!. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
I can't find the OP/ED in English... pity, since I've been wondering what the lyrics were. From Wordnik.com. [Lynn Minmay sings Bomb Jack! (Mrs Pepperpot)] Reference
The one time I stopped her, she smiled at me as if in pity and reached out to hand me a flyer. From Wordnik.com. [Advice] Reference
He must have read her mind, for he was coming toward her, an expression of pity on his dark visage. From Wordnik.com. [My Seduction] Reference
It is easy to commit a dangerous excess in the dispensing of that article they call pity of them. '. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
To their distress: He will pity his people, and, in pity to them, he will restore them their forfeited comforts. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
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