The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
AGNES REPPLIERWhen the contemplative mind is a French mind, it is content, for the most part, to contemplate France. When the contemplative mind is an English mind, it is liable to be seized at any moment by an importunate desire to contemplate Morocco or Labrador.
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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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It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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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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Resistance, which is the function of conservatism, is essential to orderly advance.
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A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.
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A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.
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While art may instruct as well as please, it can nevertheless be true art without instructing, but not without pleasing.
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Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
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Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its uplifting qualities. They have none of the infernal smugness which makes the lover of the country insupportable.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance.
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The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.
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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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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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The man who never tells an unpalatable truth ‘at the wrong time’ (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.
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When the contemplative mind is a French mind, it is content, for the most part, to contemplate France. When the contemplative mind is an English mind, it is liable to be seized at any moment by an importunate desire to contemplate Morocco or Labrador.
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