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sympathy
«A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away--the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us--is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.»
Author: Charles Dickens
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affliction, bestow, coldly, deserted, purchase, purchasing power, staying power, sympathy
«Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.»
Author: Jesse Jackson
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader, Politician)
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render, salty, sweat, sympathy, with sympathy
«If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds ridiculous, if he unhesitatingly gives answers to questionnaires which are contrary to his real opinions and is prepared to deny his own self in public, if he sees no difficulty in feigning sympathy or even affection where, in fact, he feels only indifference or aversion, it still does not mean that he has entirely lost the use of one of the basic human senses, namely, the sense of humiliation.»
Author: Vaclav Havel
(Playwright, President)
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aversion, aversions, feigning, humiliation, incompetent, in public, namely, orders, performs, privately, ritual, solemnly, sympathy, unhesitatingly
«From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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bond, connected, countless, dead soul, earnestly, exert, give in, in return, labors, Labor Day, order of the day, outer, received, standpoint, sympathy, well-being
«A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Education
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after death, effectually, ethical, ethical behavior, restrained, sympathy
«At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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and so on, fellow feeling, social relations, sympathy
«He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more happiness than one man can bear»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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addition, bear in mind, even a little, his times, in addition, penetrate, recognition, sympathy
«As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Humanity,
Truth
| Keywords:
appeals, boa, boa constrictor, Challenges, constrictor, constrictors, crocodiles, dealing, misunderstood, sympathy, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles