Quote by Goldwin Smith
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. – Goldwin Smith

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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper. – Goldwin Smith

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Poetry
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Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. – Goldwin Smith

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architecture
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The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength. – Goldwin Smith

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strength
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It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. – Nellie Bly

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Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. – Joni Mitchell

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The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. – James Russell Lowell

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I didnt feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyones leg. – Peter Storey

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New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South. – Josh Lucas

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Thy treasures of gold
Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold;
Thy home may be lovely, but round it I hear
The crack of the whip, and the footsteps of fear. – Lydia Maria Child

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All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. – Thomas a Kempis

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Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. – From the movie Finding Forrester

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