Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.
AGNES REPPLIERCats, even when robust, have scant liking for the boisterous society of children, and are apt to exert their utmost ingenuity to escape it. Nor are they without adult sympathy in their prejudice.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.
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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.
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A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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The pitfall of the feminist is the belief that the interests of men and women can ever be severed; that what brings sufferings to the one can leave the other unscathed.
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It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.
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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 hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.
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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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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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I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.
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