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«Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette?the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.»
«The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost.»
«There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere . . .»
«Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.»
«The ecclesiastical writers, who, in the heat of religious faction, are apt to despise the profane virtues of sincerity and moderation.»
«The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are.»
«One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare»
«Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly»
«O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!»
«Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.»

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