Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.


Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentimen

Summary

This quote highlights the presence of individuals in society who pretend to feel certain emotions or sentiments simply because they are socially acceptable or pleasing. Such individuals are referred to as sentimentalists or talkers who mistakenly believe that talking about something is the same as actually experiencing or embodying it. Essentially, the quote criticizes the insincerity and shallowness of those who counterfeit emotions for the sake of appearances, rather than genuinely embodying them.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson
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