It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
AGNES REPPLIERLove is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.
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to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.
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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
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Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
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There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.
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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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In those happy days when leisure was held to be no sin, men and women wrote journals whose copiousness both delights and dismays us.
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We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.
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The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
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There is nothing in the world so incomprehensible as the joke we do not see.
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We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
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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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A real dog, beloved and therefore pampered by his mistress, is a lamentable spectacle. He suffers from fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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