Art… does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
AGNES REPPLIERLetter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
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We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and listen for the mirth that has died away. In vain we seek to question the gray ghosts of old-time revelers.
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Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.
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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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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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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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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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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
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the tea-hour is the hour of peace … strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle – a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
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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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The earliest voice listened to by the nations in their infancy was the voice of the storyteller.
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The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.
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A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.
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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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