Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused. Agnes Repplier More Quotes by Agnes Repplier More Quotes From Agnes Repplier If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes. Agnes Repplier fluid ifs history The great dividing line between books that are made to be read and books that are made to be bought is not the purely modern thing it seems. We can trace it, if we try, back to the first printing-presses. Agnes Repplier lines trying book In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin Agnes Repplier stress life fall The perfectly natural thing to do with an unreadable book is to give it away; and the publication, for more than a quarter of a century, of volumes which fulfilled this one purpose and no other is a pleasant proof, if proof were needed, of the business principles which underlay the enlightened activity of publishers. Agnes Repplier principles giving book What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out. Agnes Repplier has-beens cinema taken A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat. Agnes Repplier cat dog men The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. Agnes Repplier mirth rights world The man who never tells an unpalatable truth 'at the wrong time' (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured. Agnes Repplier political life-is men It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little. Agnes Repplier feelings littles thinking A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal. Agnes Repplier cat eye animal Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship. Agnes Repplier elude foundation giving There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It would have been as easy to shake off an octopus or a boa-constrictor. Agnes Repplier octopus letters years There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join Agnes Repplier irritation secret laughing The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour. Agnes Repplier humour life-is art The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane. Agnes Repplier subtle foolish past The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other. Agnes Repplier knowing hands knowledge To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life. Agnes Repplier recollection pleasure given Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness; of gray skies and harsh winds; of strong-nerved, stout-purposed, slow-thinking men and women. Above all, a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea. Agnes Repplier strong home men English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket. Agnes Repplier england tea civilization The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out. Agnes Repplier greed political party
