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Edwin Percy Whipple has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings had their…
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In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own…
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Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by…
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The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed.
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Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
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Tears are copiously showered over frailties the discoverer takes a malicious delight in circulating; and thus, all granite on one side of…
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Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate viands can touch their taste with the thrill of pleasure,…
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Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but…
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Whenever you find humour, you find pathos close by its side.
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Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents…
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Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their…
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A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up…
— Joseph Addison
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Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart…
— Joseph Addison
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It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
— George Ade
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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is…
— William Blake
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To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth
— William Shakespeare
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These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter…
— Henry Van Dyke
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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the…
— Unknown Author
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Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new…
— Martin Luther
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I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth…
— Joseph Addison
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The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any…
— William Blake
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A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at…
— Agnes Repplier
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