The Sunday Cross

For these have governed in our lives, 

And see how men have warred. 

The Cross, the Crown, the Scales may all 

As well have been the Sword. 

... Robert Frost

The hour when you say, "What does my pity matter? Is not pity the cross on which he who loves man is nailed? But my pity is no crucifixion." 

... Friedrich Nietzsche