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The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.

— Agnes Repplier Lectures (1894)

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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.

It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

A Plea for Humor (1891)

War will pass when injustice passes. Never before, unless hope leaves the world.

Woman Enthroned (1920)

Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.

Pursuit of Laughter (1936)

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