Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept.
AGNES REPPLIERthe most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.
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This is the sphinx of the hearthstone, the little god of domesticity, whose presence turns a house into a home.
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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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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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If everybody floated with the tide of talk, placidity would soon end in stagnation. It is the strong backward stroke which stirs the ripples, and gives animation and variety.
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The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.
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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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The most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
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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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Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.
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What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.
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