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The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following:
Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a
rabbit on the road.  Being sentimental is when the same driver, when
swerving away from the rabbit hits a pedestrian.
                -- Frank Herbert, "The White Plague"

The discerning person is always at a disadvantage.

The distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly
blurred by... the pollution of the language.
                -- Arne Tiselius

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
                -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The forest is safe because a lion lives therein and the lion is safe because
it lives in a forest.  Likewise the friendship of persons rests on mutual help.
                -- Laukikanyay.

The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend
of both parties tactfully interferes.
                -- G.K. Chesterton

The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you realize it
is your move.
                -- Frank Crane

The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude.
                -- Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life"

The great secret in life ... [is] not to open your letters for a fortnight.
At the expiration of that period you will find that nearly all of them have
answered themselves.
                -- Arthur Binstead

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.