It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

Quote by Agnes Repplier

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation...

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation...

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible...

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible...

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which...

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which...

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating...

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating...

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure...

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure...

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally...

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally...

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and...

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and...

Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the...

Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...