The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
AGNES REPPLIERIt is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
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A vast deal of ingenuity is wasted every year in evoking the undesirable, in the careful construction of objects which burden life. Frankenstein was a large rather than an isolated example.
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The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance.
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Friendship takes time.
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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
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whereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into looks and actions the words he cannot speak, the cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.
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There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.
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It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.
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The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.
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Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.
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The human race may be divided into people who love cats and people who hate them; the neutrals being few in numbers, and, for intellectual and moral reasons, not worth considering.
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