Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplierwas an American essayist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1855
CountryUnited States of America
way steps attention
Life is so full of miseries, minor and major; they press so close upon us at every step of the way, that it is hardly worthwhile to call one another's attention to their presence.
people black criticism
People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.
revenge forever reputation
Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer's reputation.
history favors may
History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories; it cannot be stripped of things evidenced in favor of things surmised.
elation currents conversation
It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.
quality infinite wit
Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
hurt tools dangerous
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
peace struggle hands
We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.
men enjoy-life leisure
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.
travel children thinking
The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
education teaching easy
The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
positive sarcastic attitude
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.
temptation virtue
Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.
grief bears trouble
A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.