Sensibility Quotes
Antonio Machado (1963). “Juan de Mairena”, Univ of California Press
I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.
Jane Austen (1811). “Sense and Sensibility:: A Novel. In Three Volumes”, p.187
We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.145
Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales”, p.429
Stanley Hauerwas (2013). “Approaching the End: Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life”, p.98, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.
Remy de Gourmont (1921). “Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas”
people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them
Jane Austen (2015). “Sense and Sensibility: World Classics”, p.9, World Classic
Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.25, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
HENRY WARD BEECHER (1855). “STAR PAPERS OR EXPERIENCES OF ART AND NATURE”, p.165
Rosemary Clement-Moore (2011). “Texas Gothic”, p.250, Random House