Quotes by Repplier, Agnes

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

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less fri >>

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the >>

Quotations about Villains

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences >>

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, >>

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really >>

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.

Repplier, Agnes