"We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living."

Sympathy, Act, Balance, Injustice

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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."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Sympathy, Existence, Happiness, Life

"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."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Sympathy, Justification, Loneliness, Behavior

"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

Sympathy,

"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."

Bob Feller, American Athlete

Sympathy,

"A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy."

Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher

Sympathy, Philosophy, Present, Will

"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Sympathy, People, Character, Books

"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Sympathy, Truth, Regret, Life, Happiness

"Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Sympathy, Autumn

"I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with."

John Irving, American Novelist

Sympathy, People, Fact, Laughter

"All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Sympathy, Virtue, Selfishness

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"We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living."

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"It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles."

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"I have always supported measures and principles and not men."

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"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

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"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."

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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."

"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."

"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."

"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."

"A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy."

"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."

"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."

"Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay."

"I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with."

"All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness."

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"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."

"Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever."

"We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living."

"Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them."

"Be always sure you are right - then go ahead."

"You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas."

"It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles."

"I have always supported measures and principles and not men."

"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."