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.
AGNES REPPLIERPeople with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.
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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 well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge … falls ripe from its stem; but those who have eaten with sobriety find no need to discuss the processes of digestion.
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History is not written in the interests of morality.
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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.
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People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.
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The most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
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When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.
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Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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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 diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
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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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It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.
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We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
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