Those who sentimentally indulge humanity do it no favours.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.
The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.