To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.

I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel.

Sentimentality comes from an inability, for whatever reason, to look reality in the face.

Cruel men cry easily at the cinema.

Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.

Hatred of humanity and love of animals make a very bad combination.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.