To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
AGNES REPPLIERThe delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
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Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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History is not written in the interests of morality.
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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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The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
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A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
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There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
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Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.
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I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.
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The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy is crime. There is no more than we need; there is barely enough to go round.
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There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.
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Miserliness is the one vice that grows stronger with increasing years. It yields its sordid pleasures to the end.
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Resistance, which is the function of conservatism, is essential to orderly advance.
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The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
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