Every true American likes to think in terms of thousands and millions. The word ‘million’ is probably the most pleasure-giving vocable in the language.
AGNES REPPLIERNo man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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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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Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.
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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
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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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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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There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.
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Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm.
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There is no illusion so permanent as that which enables us to look backward with complacency; there is no mental process so deceptive as the comparing of recollections with realities.
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