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Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. … under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit of pain, can in any degree change or soften the remorseless words of fate.

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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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It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.
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No rural community, no suburban community, can ever possess the distinctive qualities that city dwellers have for centuries given to the world.
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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.
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Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. … under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit of pain, can in any degree change or soften the remorseless words of fate.
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It is because of our unassailable enthusiasm, our profound reverence for education, that we habitually demand of it the impossible. The teacher is expected to perform a choice and varied series of miracles.
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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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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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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
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We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.
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It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.
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People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.
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Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
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There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.
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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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