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

Quote by Agnes Repplier

Topics: Humor Quotes, Irony Quotes

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible...

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible...

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its...

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its...

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past...

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past...

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally...

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally...

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.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and...

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and...

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure...

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure...

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation...

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation...

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

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

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

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.

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.