Agnes Repplier (April 1, 1855 – November 15, 1950) was an American essayist. Read full biography of Agnes Repplier →
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about.
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
Agnes Repplier (April 1, 1855 – November 15, 1950) was an American essayist.