A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.
AGNES REPPLIERThe audience is the controlling factor in the actor’s life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict. It is a little like a supreme court composed of irresponsible minors.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.
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It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
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While art may instruct as well as please, it can nevertheless be true art without instructing, but not without pleasing.
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The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.
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The man who never tells an unpalatable truth ‘at the wrong time’ (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.
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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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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.
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It is not the office of a novelist to show us how to behave ourselves; it is not the business of fiction to teach us anything.
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A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.
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It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.
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