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The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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.
He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
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 is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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.