Sentiment Quotes

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Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. — Samuel Prout
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds. — George Mason
You soothe my soul. You fill it with so tender a sentiment that it is sweet to live during the time that I see you. — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting. — Shri Radhe Maa
Worship in truth is worship that arises out of an actual encounter with God, a response to the experience of knowing God's real presence and… — Graham Kendrick
PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. — Ambrose Bierce
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or… — David Hume
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may, the one as… — David Hume
But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper… — David Hume
In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,… — David Hume
ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend. — Ambrose Bierce
The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt. — Gordon W. Allport
I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than… — Anthony Trollope
Well it seems to me, that all real communities grow out of a shared confrontation with survival. Communities are not produced by sentiment or mere… — Larry Harvey
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous,… — Ambrose Bierce
Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may… — Unknown Author
But the love of offspring...tender and beautiful as it is, can not as sentiment rank with conjugal love. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine; May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends,… — Ogden Nash
Love is not a mere emotion or sentiment. It is the lucid and ardent responses of the whole person to a value that is revealed… — Thomas Merton

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