"Woman is quick to revere genius, but in……" — Agnes Repplier
"Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it."
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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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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
— Antonin Artaud
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow…
— Charles Babbage
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much…
— Francis Bacon
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not…
— HonorÈ De Balzac
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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may…
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