Agnes Repplier — American Writer born on April 01, 1855, died on November 15, 1950

Agnes Repplier was an American essayist... (wikipedia)

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.