Quote#Beauty
There is poetry and there is beauty in real sympathy; but there is…
Quote byOctavius Winslow · 1808–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sympathy of Christ with Man: Its Teaching and Consolation (London: Janes Nisbet, 1862), Preface, pp. iii–iv..
English (original)
There is poetry and there is beauty in real sympathy; but there is more—there is action. […] The noblest and most powerful form of sympathy is not merely the responsive tear, the echoed sigh, the answering look—it is the embodiment of the sentiment in actual help.
— Octavius Winslow
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