Quote by Edward Gibbon

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Summary

This quote suggests that humans often struggle to empathize or feel a connection with the suffering of individuals who are geographically or emotionally distant from us. While we may feel sympathy towards those in close proximity, our concern diminishes when it comes to those who are far away. It reflects the limited reach of our empathy and highlights the challenge of extending our compassion and support beyond immediate boundaries.

Topics

By Edward Gibbon

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how t

Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage.

Edouard Herriot

When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when

When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.

Sachin Tendulkar

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadl

An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

Change Inspirational

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, ador

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consistency Mind

One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics

One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.

Elizabeth Edwards

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of n

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.

Taylor Hackford

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, More and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.

James A. Michener, The World is

Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much be

Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices.

Barbara Ehrenreich

I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brai

I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply.

I love my government not least for the extent to which it le

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.