Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
AGNES REPPLIERNext to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.
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History is not written in the interests of morality.
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Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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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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A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
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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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Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.
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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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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
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The most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness in the human heart.
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We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
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