Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
AGNES REPPLIERWit is a thing capable of proof.
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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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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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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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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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The great dividing line between books that are made to be read and books that are made to be bought is not the purely modern thing it seems. We can trace it, if we try, back to the first printing-presses.
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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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There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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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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A vast deal of ingenuity is wasted every year in evoking the undesirable, in the careful construction of objects which burden life. Frankenstein was a large rather than an isolated example.
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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.
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Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
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There is no illusion so permanent as that which enables us to look backward with complacency; there is no mental process so deceptive as the comparing of recollections with realities.
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