The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
AGNES REPPLIERthe labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
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It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.
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We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
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Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
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The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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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.
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When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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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.
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There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.
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Wit is a thing capable of proof.
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Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept.
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