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.

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 barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.

The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.

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.

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.

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.

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.