Sentimentality is unearned emotion

Sentimentality is unearned emotion

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in read more

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.

In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of read more

In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love.

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

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.

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

Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.