Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplierwas an American essayist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1855
CountryUnited States of America
travel law tolerance
We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we may reach some common platform of tolerance, some common exchange of recognition and amenity.
travel traveler
Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.
travel blessing trials
it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.
inspirational funny travel
The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.
travel mind desire
When the contemplative mind is a French mind, it is content, for the most part, to contemplate France. When the contemplative mind is an English mind, it is liable to be seized at any moment by an importunate desire to contemplate Morocco or Labrador.
travel light comfort
abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into our chosen realms of pleasure, they jar upon our sensibilities, they lessen our meager share of comforts, they are everywhere in our way, they are always an unnecessary feature in the landscape.
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 ...
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.
talking people sacred
People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.
innovation committed illuminating
Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.
world jokes
There is nothing in the world so incomprehensible as the joke we do not see.
delight guests leisure
Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.