The great dividing line between books that are made to be read and books that are made to be bought is not the purely modern thing it seems. We can trace it, if we try, back to the first printing-presses.
AGNES REPPLIERThe tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
More Agnes Repplier Quotes
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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 most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
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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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the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.
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For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.
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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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The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
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Wit is a thing capable of proof.
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It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.
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Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused.
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There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.
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It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
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