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“Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.”

Quote by Agnes Repplier

Book:Under dispute

Work

This book delves into complex issues of contention and misunderstanding, offering a nuanced examination of human relationships and societal dynamics. more

Author

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. more

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“The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable gravity which, after all, must be our habitual frame of mind.”

Should Mind Humor Elements Essence Surprise Reasonable Unexpected Gravity Habitual Frame Of Mind Element Of Surprise

Book:Americans and Others

Source: Americans and Others

“Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those crowded corners which history leaves obscure.”

Humor Form Nations Social Corners Characteristics Obscure Reflecting Crowded

Book:In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers

Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers

“Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation.”

Humor Language Born Natural Effort Situation Fate Conscious Wit Inevitable Irony Artificial

Book:Essays in Idleness

Source: Essays in Idleness

“Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept.”

May Earth Mars Incompetence

Author:Agnes Repplier

“The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.”

Littles Hands Knowledge Knowing Information Burden Great Men Leisure Scholarship

Book:In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers

Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers

“Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.”

Innovation Committed Newness Illuminating

Book:American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

“the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.”

Purpose Accepting Periods Comfortable Universal Envy Characteristics Willingness Substitutes Good Work

Author:Agnes Repplier

“There is nothing in the world so incomprehensible as the joke we do not see.”

Book:Under dispute

Source: Under dispute

“to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.”

Giving Quality Kindness Path Crosses Consideration Civilized Unnecessary Incapable Offense Politeness

Book:Americans and Others

Source: Americans and Others

“Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.”

Knowledge Learning Attractive Charming Defenseless Leashes Erudition Bloodhounds

Book:Points of View

Source: Points of View