Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.

Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.

怜悯是一种常常许愿却很少有人感觉到的东西;仇恨是一种经常能感觉到的东西，却很少公开承认。

-- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿