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 REPPLIERWit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.
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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 thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world’s mirth.
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The perfectly natural thing to do with an unreadable book is to give it away; and the publication, for more than a quarter of a century, of volumes which fulfilled this one purpose and no other is a pleasant proof, if proof were needed, of the business principles which underlay the enlightened activity of publishers.
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There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.
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Diaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of security. Reading them is like gazing through a small clear pane of glass. We may not see far and wide, but we see very distinctly that which comes within our field of vision.
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Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies.
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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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We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
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