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.
AGNES REPPLIERThere are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
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The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
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Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.
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The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
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The audience is the controlling factor in the actor’s life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict. It is a little like a supreme court composed of irresponsible minors.
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For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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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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Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.
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Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are the few old friends we know so well that they have become a portion of our thinking selves.
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There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.
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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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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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