It is ... axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensiti...ve in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the... brutal insensitivity of the latter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Very few people are acquainted with death. They undergo it, commonly, not so much out of resolution as custom and insensitivity; a...nd most men die because they cannot help it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain inse...nsitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »