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The sentiment of to-day is social and philanthropic. ... [but] we must forever bear in mind that sentiment is subjective, and a personal thing. However exalted and however ardent, it cannot be accepted as a scale for justice, or as a test for truth.

— Agnes Repplier The Cost of Modern Sentiment (1916)

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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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