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Agnes Repplier was an American essayist born on April 1, 1855, and died on November 15, 1950. Her works are renowned for their profound thoughts and unique style, which have had a profound impact on American literature in the 20th century.

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Famous Agnes Repplier Quotes

“No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.”

Men Needs Hands Desire Pursuit Pursue

Book:In Pursuit of Laughter ...

Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...

“Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.”

Needs Enough Hands Order Sweet Corruption Wit All Time Visible Introduction Demonstration

Book:Points of View

Source: Points of View

“Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.”

Men Needs Envy Selfishness Fullness

Author:Agnes Repplier

“Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.”

Men Needs Feels Believe Littles Culture Found Grace Fortune Exceptional Good Fortune

Book:Under dispute

Source: Under dispute

“The sanguine assurance that men and nations can be legislated into goodness, that pressure from without is equivalent to a moral change within, needs a strong backing of inexperience.”

Men Needs Law Strong Nations Moral Goodness Pressure Assurance Inexperience Sanguine

Book:American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

“real letter-writing ... is founded on a need as old and as young as humanity itself, the need that one human being has of another.”

Needs Writing Humans Real Young Humanity Human Beings Letters Letter Writing

Book:Essays in Idleness

Source: Essays in Idleness

“The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge ... falls ripe from its stem; but those who have eaten with sobriety find no need to discuss the processes of digestion.”

Knows Needs Mind Wells Values Fall Process Tree Fruit Charm Stem Ripe Sobriety Digestion Tree Of Knowledge Reticence

Book:Counter-Currents

Source: Counter-Currents

“The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy is crime. There is no more than we need; there is barely enough to go round.”

Needs Enough Happiness Life Is Joy Moral Grace Crime Rounds Saving Folly Saving Grace

Book:Compromises

Source: Compromises

About the Author

Born: April 1, 1855
Died: November 15, 1950
Known for: Essayist
Quotes: 200

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American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes RepplierRelated source material

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