Full Idea
The pity that the spectators express consoles the weak and suffering, inasmuch as they see that , despite all their weakness, they still have at least one power: the power to hurt.
Gist of Idea
Pity consoles those who suffer, because they see that they still have the power to hurt
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 050)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.50
A Reaction
This pinpoints how the will to power led to the inversion of values.