01UndatedA villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
03UndatedWe may fail of our happiness strive we ever so bravely but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgment our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
04UndatedA man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
06UndatedWe are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
07UndatedIt is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
10UndatedThe tourist may complain of other tourists but he would be lost without them.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
11UndatedWe may fail of our happiness strive we ever so bravely but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
12UndatedIt has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
13UndatedWit is the salt of conversation not the food and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
14UndatedHumor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
15UndatedHumor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
16UndatedA kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
17UndatedIt is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
18UndatedIt is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.Agnes Repplier / quote ↗
