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 REPPLIERThere 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.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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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.
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It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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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.
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It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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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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Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
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Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
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It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.
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The 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.
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the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.
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Art… does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
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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.
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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.
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