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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.
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.
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.
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.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
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.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
