Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.
AGNES REPPLIERThere is no liberal education for the under-languaged.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.
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Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.
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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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It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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the 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.
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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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There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
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Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
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The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world’s mirth.
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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.
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No rural community, no suburban community, can ever possess the distinctive qualities that city dwellers have for centuries given to the world.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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