Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. Cornelius Nepos
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell. Publilius Syrus
I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people. Toni Morrison
I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently. Joni Mitchell
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable. Anthony Trollope
