Skip to content

How different is...the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity!

— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

Another quote →

Topics

Sympathy

More quotes by Jane Porter

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Imparting knowledge, is only lighting other men’s candle at our lamp, without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

All Jane Porter quotes →

You may also like

A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love.

William Butler Yeats The Pity Of Love in The Rose (1893)

O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother;
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.

John Greenleaf Whittier

The craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow.

Julius Hare Guesses at Truth (1827)

Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.

Ian Maclaren

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Jane Porter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.