Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin which dwells in ourselves existing under a deformed and monstrous aspect in another.
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
Victims always feel alone and helpless.
I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal.
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