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.
AGNES REPPLIERA 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.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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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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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.
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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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Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.
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It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.
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A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.
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To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
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The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp.
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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.
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A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.
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The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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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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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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