People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
AGNES REPPLIERThe dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.
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The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
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It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.
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The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.
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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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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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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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The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.
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Friendship takes time.
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When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.
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Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.
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A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.
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the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.
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Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm.
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Art… does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
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For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.
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