"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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"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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"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

"There is a third quality to friendship, and it is not as easy to put into a single word. The right word, literally, is 'sympathy' - sym-pathos, common passion. This means that friendships are discovered more than they are created at will."

Timothy J. Keller, American Author

Sympathy, Friendship, Passion, Unity

"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

Sympathy,

"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

"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

"Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Sympathy, Pain

"Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

Sympathy, Feeling, Right

"We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people."

Helmut Kohl, German Politician

Sympathy, People, Deep, Respect

"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

Sympathy, Desire, Holiness, Nothing

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"The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall."

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

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"Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks."

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"Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others."

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"I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog."

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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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"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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"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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