But there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeable.But there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeable.

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Animals are such agreeable friends— they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.Animals are such agreeable friends— they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.

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Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.

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If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire.If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire.

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That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning.That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning.

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But to gather in this great harvest of truth was no light or speedy work.But to gather in this great harvest of truth was no light or speedy work.

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“It is strange how deeply colors seem to penetrate one, like scent.“It is strange how deeply colors seem to penetrate one, like scent.

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