Agnes Repplier

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

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

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

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

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

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

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