Full Idea
An act of pity was during the finest age of Rome considered neither good nor bad.
Gist of Idea
In ancient Rome pity was considered neither good nor bad
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §201)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.104