Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplierwas an American essayist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1855
CountryUnited States of America
thinking england permit
The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.
friendship had-enough firsts
We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.
music boredom people
What strange impulse is it which induces otherwise truthful people to say they like music when they do not, and thus expose themselves to hours of boredom?
women soul secret
Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
party greed political
The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.
civilization tea england
English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
pleasure given recollection
To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.
past foolish subtle
The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
irritation laughing secret
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join
thinking feelings too-much
It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.
men political life-is
The man who never tells an unpalatable truth 'at the wrong time' (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.
rights world mirth
The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.
dog cat men
A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.
history fluid ifs
If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.