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All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disgui

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow. – Rita Schiano, Sweet Bitter Love, 1997, published by The Reed Edwards Company

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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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