All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue Posted on December 22, 2014December 22, 2009 by admin “All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Category: sympathy Tags: sympathy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Spread the love Related posts: Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there There is no pain so great as Truly, it is in darkness that one I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely