Quotes about Compassion
One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.
— Oscar Wilde
Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little often share.
— Oscar Wilde
All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.
— Oscar Wilde
you will always love, and you will always be loved
— Oscar Wilde
When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child gives away its tears, Then shall all the house be still And peace come to Canterville.
— Oscar Wilde
sorrow...is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of love touches it
— Oscar Wilde
The aim of Love is to love: no more, and no less.
— Oscar Wilde
It is very wrong to kill any one[.] Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!
— Oscar Wilde
Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
— Oscar Wilde
I was wrong. God's law is only Love.
— Oscar Wilde
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
— Oscar Wilde
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.
— Oscar Wilde