A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality-- That's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality-- That's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.

People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.

The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.