History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories; it cannot be stripped of things evidenced in favor of things surmised.
AGNES REPPLIERHumor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.
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Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused.
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
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the tea-hour is the hour of peace … strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle – a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
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The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.
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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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There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join
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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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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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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those crowded corners which history leaves obscure.
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Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
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Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.
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The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world’s mirth.
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