Agnes Repplier

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.

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

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

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.

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.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.