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Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often

Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: Ive seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy. – Anthony Storr

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If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity. – Italian Proverb

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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. – Edward Gibbon

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I didnt go to university. Didnt even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. – Terry Prachett

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