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"Sympathy is the first condition of criticism."
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"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."
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"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."
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"Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help."
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"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."
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"There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous."
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"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy."
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"Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."
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"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."
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"Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain."
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"More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic."
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"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."
Life

"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."
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"Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious."
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"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
Age

"Order is power."
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"True humility is contentment."
Contentment

"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius."
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"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."
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"So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being."
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"Society lives by faith, and develops by science."
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