History is not written in the interests of morality.
AGNES REPPLIERThere is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.
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There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.
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Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.
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It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.
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The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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We owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as sympathetic and intelligent conversation.
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It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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the tea-hour is the hour of peace … strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle – a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.
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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.
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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
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Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer’s reputation.
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