Agnes Repplier ( 10 of 15 )
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of read more
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
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.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
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.
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to read more
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
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.
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.
