"Irony is an insult conveyed in the form…" — Edwin Percy Whipple
"Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment."
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28 Quotes by Edwin Percy Whipple
Edwin Percy Whipple has 28 quotes on this site.
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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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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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Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape…
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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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More Compliment Quotes
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
— Victoria Beckham
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the…
— Mary J. Blige
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
— Albert Brooks
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Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's…
— Joyce Brothers
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority…
— Samuel Butler
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I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward.…
— Nick Cave
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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
— Lord Chesterfield
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You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a…
— Tommy Chong
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
— Luc de Clapiers
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As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I…
— Clarence Clemons
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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
— Robert Breault
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