Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplierwas an American essayist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1855
CountryUnited States of America
strong giving tides
If everybody floated with the tide of talk, placidity would soon end in stagnation. It is the strong backward stroke which stirs the ripples, and gives animation and variety.
customs universality pledge
The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
laughter serious reason
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.
laughter spring heart
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness in the human heart.
travel law tolerance
We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we may reach some common platform of tolerance, some common exchange of recognition and amenity.
way steps attention
Life is so full of miseries, minor and major; they press so close upon us at every step of the way, that it is hardly worthwhile to call one another's attention to their presence.
people black criticism
People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.
revenge forever reputation
Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer's reputation.
history favors may
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.
elation currents conversation
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.
quality infinite wit
Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
hurt tools dangerous
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
peace struggle hands
We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
men enjoy-life leisure
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.