Humor brings insight and tolerance.
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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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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I am eighty years old. There seems to be nothing to add to this statement. I have reached the age of undecorated facts – facts that refuse to be softened by sentiment, or confused by nobility of phrase.
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Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
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The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
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In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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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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History is not written in the interests of morality.
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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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Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.
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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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It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.
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Every true American likes to think in terms of thousands and millions. The word ‘million’ is probably the most pleasure-giving vocable in the language.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
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