Source: Books and Men
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Famous Agnes Repplier Quotes
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
Source: Compromises
Source: Compromises
Source: Under dispute
“Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.”
Source: Points of View
“It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.”
Source: Americans and Others
Source: The Fireside Sphinx
Source: The Fireside Sphinx
“The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.”
Source: Americans and Others
“The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.”
Source: The Fireside Sphinx
Source: Americans and Others
“Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.”
Source: Essays in Idleness
Source: To Think of Tea!
“It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.”
Source: Essays in Idleness
“A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.”
Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
“People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.”
Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...
Source: Essays in Idleness
Source: Points of View
Source: Under dispute
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
“The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.”
Source: Americans and Others
“The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.”
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
Source: To Think of Tea!
“There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join”
Source: Points of View
“Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.”
Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
“There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.”
Source: Books and Men
“It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence.”
Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...
“To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.”
Source: Points of View
“To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.”
Source: Under dispute
Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
Source: Under dispute
“Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.”
Source: Under dispute
“The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.”
Source: Compromises
Source: Under dispute
Source: Under dispute
Source: Compromises
“Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.”
Source: Points of View
Source: Books and Men
“The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.”
Source: Compromises
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier