People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier
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! – Agnes Repplier
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. – 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
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there. – Agnes Repplier
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. – 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
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. – Agnes Repplier
What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! – Agnes Repplier
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. – Agnes Repplier
Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage. – Agnes Repplier
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
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. – Agnes Repplier
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
