Woodrow Wilson
Politician
"There is no more subtle dissolvent of morals than sentimentality."
Sentimentality quotes
Sentimentality
14 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Speaker
"Sentimentality and emotionalism have nothing whatsoever to do with love."
James Joyce
Novelist, Poet
"Sentimentality is unearned emotion."
Wallace Stevens
Poet
"Sentimentality is a failure of feeling."
William S. Burroughs
Writer
"In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality."
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"Sentimentality is loving something more than God does."
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"In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality."
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