Sentiments Quotes

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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. — Ann Radcliffe
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. — Lord Acton
All the doctrines that have flourished in the world about immortality have hardly affected man's natural sentiment in the face of death. — George Santayana
The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment. — Felix Frankfurter
Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only… — George Santayana
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame. — Ugo Betti
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance… — Thomas Jefferson
I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions,… — George Washington
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous… — James Madison
We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment. — William Hazlitt
To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the… — Walt Whitman
Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being "drawn… — Carter Heyward
What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment. — Benjamin Disraeli
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting… — Arthur Helps
It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home. — Elizabeth Bowen
The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. — Caspar David Friedrich
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is… — Abraham Lincoln
In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure… — Frederic Bastiat

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