Sentiments Quotes

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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
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and… — James Russell Lowell
ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend. — Ambrose Bierce
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected more.… — Tracy K. Smith
From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life; where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas,… — Joseph Addison
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the better… — Henry Ward Beecher
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." ... "Remember it is better to… — Frederic Farrar
There are two types of compassion. One - is faint-hearted and sentimental. Actually, it is nothing more than impatience of the heart, that is hurrying… — Stefan Zweig
The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt. — Gordon 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
What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but because… — Frederick William Robertson
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… — William Symington
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
A tree, young or old, if admired, remains a definite vision, and when after long absence it is visited again, the meeting place is approached… — Charles Eley
Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in… — Thomas Jefferson

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