Agnes Repplier Quotes

A 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

We are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.

~ Agnes Repplier

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

~ Agnes Repplier

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

~ Agnes Repplier

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

~ Agnes Repplier

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

~ Agnes Repplier

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

~ Agnes Repplier

It 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

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

~ Agnes Repplier

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.

~ Agnes Repplier