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without pity

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The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy. Robert Jordan

Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad. Edward Bond

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. Robert A. Heinlein

Swearing's my release, and the one weapon I have to defend myself against destiny when it elects to strike without pity. Andrea Pirlo

For love suffereth never to be without pity. Julian of Norwich

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him. Samuel Johnson

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