People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.
AGNES REPPLIERLove is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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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 cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable gravity which, after all, must be our habitual frame of mind.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness in the human heart.
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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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It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
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Wit is a thing capable of proof.
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The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.
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The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
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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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Cats, even when robust, have scant liking for the boisterous society of children, and are apt to exert their utmost ingenuity to escape it. Nor are they without adult sympathy in their prejudice.
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Friendship takes time.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
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Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
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