black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.

Agnes Repplier

An appreciation of words is so rare that everybody naturally thinks he possesses it, and this universal sentiment results in the misuse of a material whose beauty enriches the loving student beyond the dreams of avarice.
AGNES REPPLIER

Appreciation Dream Everybody Naturally Sentimental Thinking Universal Word
It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
AGNES REPPLIER

Beggar Begging Charity Elect Favor Forfeited
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.
AGNES REPPLIER

Anticipate Eventual Great Law Moral Optimism Triumph
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.
AGNES REPPLIER

Charm Fall Ordered Reticence Sobriety Tree Vanished Year
History is not written in the interests of morality.
AGNES REPPLIER

History Interest Morality
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
AGNES REPPLIER

Happiness Laughter Lawless Nature Part Spring
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.
AGNES REPPLIER

Frightful Goodness Law Masterpiece Men Pressure REquired Strong
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
AGNES REPPLIER

Accepted Closely Often Phrases Speech Substitute
People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
AGNES REPPLIER

Anything Catchword Faith Necessity People Pin Understanding
There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance.
AGNES REPPLIER

Fancy Monotonous Phrase Phrases Virtue Weirsome
The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp.
AGNES REPPLIER

Dear Direction Heart One Petty Practical Scrimp
There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an intelligent reader to lay down that book unfinished. There is a pardonable impression among reviewers that half an hour in its company is sufficient.
AGNES REPPLIER

Book Heart Men Secret Wholesome Woman Written
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
AGNES REPPLIER

Existence Happiness Happy Ourselves Possible Women
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.
AGNES REPPLIER

Comfortable Deepest Envy Good Incite Period Purpose Universal Work
Discussion without asperity, sympathy with fusion, gayety unracked by too abundant jests, mental ease in approaching one another; these are the things which give a pleasant smoothness to the rough edge of life.
AGNES REPPLIER

Abundant Asperity Edge Fusion Gayety Giving Jest Rough Sympathy Unracked
Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its uplifting qualities. They have none of the infernal smugness which makes the lover of the country insupportable.
AGNES REPPLIER

Brag Cities Content Country Lover Most Part Uplifting

The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Agnes Repplier Quotes