Quote by Joseph Collins
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; b

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it. – Joseph Collins

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The chief reason why marriage is rarely a success is that it is contracted while the partners are insane. – Joseph Collins

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The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

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Never let your emotions rule, but always let them testify. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home. – Elizabeth Bowen

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