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> [Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/sympathy-is-the-first-great-lesson-which-man-should-learn-it-will-be/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

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## More by Thomas Noon Talfourd

> [Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/sympathy-is-the-first-great-lesson-which-man-should-learn-it-will-be/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/fill-the-seats-of-justice-with-good-men-not-so-absolute-in-goodness/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [In ourselvesIn our own honest hearts and chainless handsWill be our safeguard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/in-ourselvesin-our-own-honest-hearts-and-chainless-handswill-be-our/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/it-is-a-little-thing-to-speak-a-phrase-of-common-comfort-which-by/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/tis-a-little-thing-to-give-a-cup-of-water-yet-its-draught-of-cool/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/to-him-who-has-thought-or-done-or-suffered-much-the-level-days-of-his/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/gentleman-is-a-term-which-does-not-apply-to-any-station-but-to-the/)

[Thomas Noon Talfourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-noon-talfourd/)

> [The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/the-mysteries-of-nature-and-of-humanity-are-not-lessened-but/)

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> [So his life has flowed From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure Alone are mirrored; which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-noon-talfourd/so-his-life-has-flowed-from-its-mysterious-urn-a-sacred-stream-in/)

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