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.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in read more

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.

Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.

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.

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

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

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

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.