Sentiments Quotes

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There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the opinions of all,… — Thomas Reed
I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that, at… — Alphonse de Lamartine
One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people… — Mahatma Gandhi
As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of morals. Repentance puts… — Alberto Manguel
Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it. — Criss Jami
The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science… — Amos Bronson Alcott
The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In actions of enthusiasm, this drawback appears: but in those lower activities, which have no higher aim than to make us more comfortable and more… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
L'amour n'est pas seulement un sentiment, il est un art aussi. Love is not only a feeling; it is also an art. — Honore de Balzac
Nos beaux sentiments ne sont-ils pas les poeÂ sies de la volonteÂ ? Aren't our best feelings poetry of the will? — Honore de Balzac
Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth. — Madame de Stael
If sentiment doesn't ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will. — J D Salinger
I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism,… — James Anthony Froude
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his… — Bill Vaughan
A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and… — Bill Vaughan
I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of… — Louisa May Alcott
Tout notre raisonnement se reÂ duit a'Â Â ceÂ der au sentiment. All our reasoning comes down to surrendering to feeling. — Blaise Pascal
The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I think all the covers I do have nice sentiments, particularly 'Your Song.' People write me very sweet messages about that song, though I'm sure… — Ellie Goulding
Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share. — Graham Greene

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