It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
AGNES REPPLIERwhereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into looks and actions the words he cannot speak, the cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence.
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It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance.
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To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.
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There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we may reach some common platform of tolerance, some common exchange of recognition and amenity.
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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world’s mirth.
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Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those crowded corners which history leaves obscure.
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Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.
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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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