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Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
