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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.
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 barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
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.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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.
