The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
AGNES REPPLIERNow 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 vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
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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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Our belief in education is unbounded, our reverence for it is unfaltering, our loyalty to it is unshaken by reverses. Our passionate desire, not so much to acquire it as to bestow it, is the most animated of American traits.
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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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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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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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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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The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
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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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to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join
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Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.
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The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge … falls ripe from its stem; but those who have eaten with sobriety find no need to discuss the processes of digestion.
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