@sun If I remember correctly Nietzsche distinguished between pity and sympathy. Sympathy is the desire to help others while pity is pain you feel at someone else's wretchedness. So pity is not compassionate, it is actually a self centered and base emotion in his view. He is not against helping or caring for others. He says things like "Everyone should give to the poor but beggars should be abolished" because giving out of compassion is a higher act while giving to ease the pain you feel at a beggars wretchedness is abase act.