"There are two sorts of pity: one is……" — Charles Sumner
"There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies."
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Charles Sumner
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15 Quotes by Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner has 15 quotes on this site.
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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man
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The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.
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War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can…
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War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true…
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Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights…
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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
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The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.
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Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected…
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It's Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio Just let us know That this is not…
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The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.
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Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much,…
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind…
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Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.
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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I hasten to say to snobs from the Surrey pine-and-sand country that no invention since the corn plaster or the…
— Alistair Cooke
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Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's…
— Philip Sidney
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Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of…
— Leigh Hunt
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The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own…
— Samuel Johnson
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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
— Clarence Darrow
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Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled…
— Ada Louise Huxtable
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There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first joys of our heart come…
— Robert Gilfillan
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When ypu awaken love and laughter in your life, your mind lets go of fear and anxiety, and your happy…
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