November 2008 – Page 132 – Dictionary of Quotes

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. Charles H. Parkhurst

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.SympathyQuotations by Charles H. Parkhurst

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. Florence Nightingale

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.SympathyQuotations by Florence Nightingale

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears. Leigh Hunt

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.SympathyQuotations by Leigh Hunt

Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn. B. R. Hayden

Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.SympathyQuotations by B. R. Hayden

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.SympathyQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself. John W. Draper

Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.SympathyQuotations by John W. Draper

The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them. Princess of Wales Diana

The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.SympathyQuotations by Princess of Wales Diana

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.SympathyQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. Randolph Churchill

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.SympathyQuotations by Randolph Churchill

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. Jean Anouilh

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.SympathyQuotations by Jean Anouilh

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. Henri Frederic Amiel

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.SympathyQuotations by Henri Frederic Amiel

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. Amos Bronson Alcott

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.SympathyQuotations by Amos Bronson Alcott

Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. Heywood Broun

Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.SweatQuotations by Heywood Broun

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.SwearingQuotations by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Oaths are the fossils of piety. George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety.SwearingQuotations by George Santayana

Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson’s damn. Thomas Hardy

Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson’s damn.SwearingQuotations by Thomas Hardy

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst. George Farquhar

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.SwearingQuotations by George Farquhar

‘Twas but my tongue, ’twas not my soul that swore. Euripides

‘Twas but my tongue, ’twas not my soul that swore.SwearingQuotations by Euripides

Take not God’s name in vain; select a time when it will have effect. Ambrose Bierce

Take not God’s name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.SwearingQuotations by Ambrose Bierce

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. Tennessee Williams

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.SuspicionQuotations by Tennessee Williams

We are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspected. Henry David Thoreau

We are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspected.SuspicionQuotations by Henry David Thoreau

Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves. Sir Philip Sidney

Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.SuspicionQuotations by Sir Philip Sidney

If you ask a Negro where he’s been, he’ll tell you where he’s going. Black American Saying

If you ask a Negro where he’s been, he’ll tell you where he’s going.SuspicionQuotations by Black American Saying

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. Francesco Petrarch

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.SuspicionQuotations by Francesco Petrarch

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.SuspicionQuotations by Thomas Paine

Suspicion is most often useless pain. Samuel Johnson

Suspicion is most often useless pain.SuspicionQuotations by Samuel Johnson

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. B. C. Forbes

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.SuspicionQuotations by B. C. Forbes

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? George Eliot

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?SuspicionQuotations by George Eliot

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects. Robert Burns

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.SuspicionQuotations by Robert Burns

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. Adlai E. Stevenson

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.SurvivalQuotations by Adlai E. Stevenson

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself. George Orwell

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.SurvivalQuotations by George Orwell

All I’m trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet. Joshua Nkomo

All I’m trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet.SurvivalQuotations by Joshua Nkomo

Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. Andrew Marvell

Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.SurvivalQuotations by Andrew Marvell

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf. Nikita Khrushchev

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.SurvivalQuotations by Nikita Khrushchev

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. Voltaire

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.SurprisesQuotations by Voltaire

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.SurprisesQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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