A Cat Is Only Technically

A Cat Is Only Technically An Animal, Being Divine.

Jane Austen Has Often Been Praised As A Natural Historian. She Is A Naturalist Among Tame Animals. She Does Not Study Men (as Dostoevsky Does) In His Wild State Before He Has Been Domesticated. Her Men And Women Are Essentially Men And Women Of The Fireside.

The Art Of Writing History Is The Art Of Emphasizing The Significant Facts At The Expense Of The Insignificant. And It Is The Same In Every Field Of Knowledge. Knowledge Is Power Only If A Man Knows What Facts Not To Bother About.

When People Complain Of The Decay Of Manners They Have In Mind Not The Impudent Abbreviations Of The Crowd, But The Decline In Bowing And Scraping And In Speaking Of One's Employer As "the Master." What The Rich Mean By The Good Manners Of The Poor Is Usually Not Civility, But Servility.

It Is Almost Impossible To Remember How Tragic A Place The World Is When One Is Playing Golf.