An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting.
AGNES REPPLIERA 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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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
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The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
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real letter-writing … is founded on a need as old and as young as humanity itself, the need that one human being has of another.
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For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
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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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Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.
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It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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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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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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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught.
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