"Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful,……" — Edwin Percy Whipple
"Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their opposites. It is a humane influence, softening with mirth the ragged inequities of existence, prompting tolerant views of life, bridging over the space which separates the lofty from the lowly, the great from the humble."
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Edwin Percy Whipple
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28 Quotes by Edwin Percy Whipple
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What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings…
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In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is…
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Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius…
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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…
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Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate viands can touch their taste with the thrill…
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Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it…
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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…
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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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As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as…
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