Sentiments Quotes

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I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no… — Thomas Jefferson
It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his… — Thomas Jefferson
For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can… — George Washington
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.… — George Washington
Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly… — Thomas Paine
Iâ€™ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times,… — Ray Bradbury
Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments,… — Jerzy Grotowski
Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all. — Marquis de Sade
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away… — Thucydides
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never… — Petrarch
I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments-but if the… — Rufus King
The revolution is now just a sentiment. — Pier Paolo Pasolini
The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people. — Walter Bagehot
MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of… — Ambrose Bierce
Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty. — James Q. Wilson
That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house. — Benjamin Disraeli
Any time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I… — Jorge Luis Borges
In the hours of distress and misery, the eyes of every mortal turn to friendship; in the hours of gladness and conviviality, what is our… — Walter Savage Landor
The union of a want and a sentiment. — Honore de Balzac
HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that… — Ambrose Bierce

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