We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
AGNES REPPLIERfair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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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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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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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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The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.
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Resistance, which is the function of conservatism, is essential to orderly advance.
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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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Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
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There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It would have been as easy to shake off an octopus or a boa-constrictor.
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The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
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The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.
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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.
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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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People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.
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Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.
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