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.
AGNES REPPLIERWe cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.
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Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.
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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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I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.
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Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer’s reputation.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance.
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Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.
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Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.
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Wit is a thing capable of proof.
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Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.
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We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and listen for the mirth that has died away. In vain we seek to question the gray ghosts of old-time revelers.
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