"Uncompassionate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... imperfectly sacred. He is even without scriptural authority, and lives in the perpetual challenge of a moral quo warranto. Nevertheless he is not without his uses. He is a tapper of tills that do not open automatically. He is almoner to the uncompassionate, who but for him would give no alms. He negotiates unnatural but not censurable relations between selfishness and ingratitude. The good that he does is purely material. He makes two leaves of fat to grow ...
— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce
... of the North Country who took forethought of nights of that kind when doing their best for Celestine; for, though bruised, I still loved her above Algiers and Timgad. She had character, she had set her course, and she was holding steadily to it, and did not pray the uncompassionate to ...
— Old Junk • H. M. Tomlinson
... stands for law,— As law for Will eternal,—perfect, clear, And uncompassionate shines: to her appear Vast sequences close-linked without a flaw. All past despairs of ocean unforgot, All raptures past, serene her light she gives, The moon too high for pity, since she lives Aware ...
— Ride to the Lady • Helen Gray Cone
... compelling, she that stands for law,— As law for Will eternal,—perfect, clear, And uncompassionate shines: to her appear Vast sequences close-linked without a flaw. All past despairs of ocean unforgot, All raptures past, serene her light she gives, The moon too high for pity, since she lives Aware ...
— Ride to the Lady • Helen Gray Cone |
