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

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...

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.

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.

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its...

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its...

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...

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.

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...

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...

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

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.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...