“ Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity... is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem. ”
- Barack Obama- Copy
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“ The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. ”
- Helen Keller- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The craziest Peep-related candy I've ever gotten is a chocolate egg with a Peep inside it. Someone went to a lot of trouble to make that, which strikes me as both beautiful and pathetic. ”
- Steve Almond- Copy
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“ I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake. ”
- John D. Rockefeller- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. ”
- Bible- Copy
- 285
“ She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings, but I say 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mind own man since. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be — a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself. ”
- Mary Shelley- Copy
- 850
“ Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: / Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. ”
- Bible- Copy
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“ And all the country echoeth with the moan,And poureth many a tearFor that magnific powerOf ancient days far-seen that thou didst shareWith those of one blood sprung;And all the mortal men who hold the plainOf holy Asia as their land of sojourn,They grieve in sympathyFor thy woes lamentable. ”
- Aeschylus- Copy
- 148
“ The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. ”
- Geoffrey Fisher- Copy
- 607
“ As lawyers we often deal with murder cases. We tend to be in denial that anything like this could ever happen to us. It's just _ it's heartbreaking. ”
- Gloria Allred- Copy
- 934
“ To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential. ”
- William Thomas- Copy
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“ All they have left is to smear the speaker because they can't solve Medicare, they can't solve welfare and they can't balance the budget. This is the last pathetic thing they've got. ”
- Newt Gingrich- Copy
- 3.4K
“ You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell. ”
- Publilius Syrus- Copy
- 1.9K
“ It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ”
- Elizabeth I- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun. Oh! it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home had she none. ”
- Thomas Hood- Copy
- 2.2K
“ We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It's just heartbreaking. ”
- Kathleen Blanco- Copy
- 3.9K
“ I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes. ”
- Deborah Kerr- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
- 3.2K
“ It must be heartbreaking for a filmmaker to actually start something like that. And then to have some terrible, terrible weather problems. ”
- Christopher Eccleston- Copy
- 53
“ There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ”
- Maya Angelou- Copy
- 3.5K
“ I thought he was brilliant. Whenever I see that picture, I don't see my son. I see that pathetic character. ”
- Kirk Douglas- Copy
- 3.5K
“ I was thinking on the plane yesterday how pathetic it is to be dreading the read-through after 25 films and 18 years of acting. I mean real terror. ”
- Hugh Grant- Copy
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