[Mary Wortley Montagu] wrote more letters, with fewer punctuation marks, than any Englishwoman of her day; and her nephew, the fourth Baron… — Agnes Repplier Benefits Copy Share Image
We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with… — Agnes Repplier Capability Copy Share Image
Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things. — Agnes Repplier Committed Copy Share Image
There is something frightful in being required to enjoy and appreciate all masterpieces; to read with equal relish Milton, and Dante, and… — Agnes Repplier Appreciate Copy Share Image
The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. — Agnes Repplier Mirth Copy Share Image
The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane. — Agnes Repplier Delusion Copy Share Image
Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept. — Agnes Repplier Earth Copy Share Image
The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible… — Agnes Repplier Art Copy Share Image
Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it. — Agnes Repplier Genius Copy Share Image
The human race may be divided into people who love cats and people who hate them; the neutrals being few in numbers,… — Agnes Repplier Cat Copy Share Image
The pitfall of the feminist is the belief that the interests of men and women can ever be severed; that what brings… — Agnes Repplier Belief Copy Share Image
The gospel of cheerfulness, I had almost said the gospel of amusement, is preached by people who lack experience to people who… — Agnes Repplier Amused Copy Share Image
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there. — Agnes Repplier Mad Copy Share Image
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. — Agnes Repplier Dangerous Copy Share Image
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude… — Agnes Repplier Attitude Copy Share Image
whereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into… — Agnes Repplier Action Copy Share Image
Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its… — Agnes Repplier Brag Copy Share Image
It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do. — Agnes Repplier Choices Copy Share Image
If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes. — Agnes Repplier Fluid Copy Share Image
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates… — Agnes Repplier Optimism Copy Share Image
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. — Agnes Repplier Happiness Copy Share Image
It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling… — Agnes Repplier Communication Copy Share Image