Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplierwas an American essayist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1855
CountryUnited States of America
peace struggle hands
We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
knowledge knowing hands
The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
sweet hands order
Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.
men hands desire
No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.
anybody cannot love whom
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
american-writer education receptive withhold
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
cannot irritation
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.
anyone cannot love whom
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.
american-writer chiefly generally gets kitten remarkable stopping
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
joy criticism next
Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
humor heart sanity
Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity ...
humor fate effort
Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation.
cat men vanity
The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
cat circles secret
The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.