"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a……" — Agnes Repplier
"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."
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Agnes Repplier
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72 Quotes by Agnes Repplier
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In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our…
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Who that has plodded on to middle age would take back upon his shoulders ten of the vanished years, with…
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We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we…
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The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore…
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A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening…
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There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which…
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Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
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Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with…
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
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Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy…
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The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of…
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
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Every day brings new choices.
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