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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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In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that…
Who that has plodded on to middle age would take back upon his shoulders ten of the vanished years, with their mingled…
We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with…
The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly,…
A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts…
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates…
Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with a sense…
It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment…
The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.

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