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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang Picture Quote #1

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends Picture Quote #1

Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see Picture Quote #1

Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty Picture Quote #1

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There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement Picture Quote #1

If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading Picture Quote #1

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends Picture Quote #1

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous Picture Quote #1

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme Picture Quote #1

It is part of a follow my leader game of second best we have all been playing... it isn't a very good game; the people you play it with are apt to get hurt Picture Quote #1

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Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes Picture Quote #1

The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge Picture Quote #1

Once the bear’s hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps Picture Quote #1

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones Picture Quote #1

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles Picture Quote #1

Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self Picture Quote #1

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Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to mistake a fancy for a fact. Geologists, in particular, have very frequently amused themselves in this way, and it is not a little amusing to follow them in their fancies and their waking dreams. Geology, indeed, in this view, may be called a romantic science Picture Quote #1

We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice Picture Quote #1

Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it Picture Quote #1

We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice Picture Quote #1

Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing Picture Quote #1

We are just as apt to meet the grandmothers as the wolves when we go traveling Picture Quote #1

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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course Picture Quote #1

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings Picture Quote #1

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive Picture Quote #1

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall Picture Quote #1

It’s good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think Picture Quote #1

So he’s worth a second shot? The more apt question, my dear, is: are you? Picture Quote #1

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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang (Apt Quotes) Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends (Apt Quotes) Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see (Apt Quotes) Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art (Apt Quotes) 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 (Apt Quotes) Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty (Apt Quotes) There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement (Apt Quotes) If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading (Apt Quotes) The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends (Apt Quotes) Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous (Apt Quotes) Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme (Apt Quotes) It is part of a follow my leader game of second best we have all been playing... it isn't a very good game; the people you play it with are apt to get hurt (Apt Quotes) Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes (Apt Quotes) The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge (Apt Quotes) Once the bear’s hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps (Apt Quotes) One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones (Apt Quotes) When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles (Apt Quotes) Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self (Apt Quotes) Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to mistake a fancy for a fact. Geologists, in particular, have very frequently amused themselves in this way, and it is not a little amusing to follow them in their fancies and their waking dreams. Geology, indeed, in this view, may be called a romantic science (Apt Quotes) We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice (Apt Quotes) Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it (Apt Quotes) We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice (Apt Quotes) Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing (Apt Quotes) We are just as apt to meet the grandmothers as the wolves when we go traveling (Apt Quotes) Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course (Apt Quotes) One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings (Apt Quotes) The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive (Apt Quotes) The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall (Apt Quotes) It’s good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think (Apt Quotes) So he’s worth a second shot? The more apt question, my dear, is: are you? (Apt Quotes)

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