"It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh."

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Source : Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.30, Sheba Blake Publishing

Agnes Repplier

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“He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.”
“I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.”
“By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.”
“God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.”

Source : Catherine Marshall (2002). “A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall”, p.119, Chosen Books
“When you think about what the odds are to have four boys to not only be able to follow in the footsteps in a basketball career but to also be good in the secondary career as far as the broadcasting, it's pretty remarkable.”
“In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world around them, develop a sense of civic and social responsibility, and discover how they can contribute to the common good?”

Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass
“Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.”

Source : John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres) (1963). “The statesman's book of John of Salisbury: being the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, and selections from the seventh and eighth books, of the Policraticus”
“It's nice to be immortal. Film has given us immortality. Now my children are going to appreciate Tarzan.”

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