Ancient greek Quote by John Fowles

“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Is it true that they always laugh in Paris?” said Candide. “Yes,” said the Abbé, “but it means nothing, for they complain of everything…

— Voltaire

“I’ve always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the violence off the stage.”

— Donna Leon

“For I know that we laughers have a gross cousinship with the most high, and it is this contrast and perpetual quarrel which feeds…

— Hilaire Belloc

“only as long as we can laugh at ourselves are we nobody else”

— Eecummings

“Quotes from Ancient Greece are mostly all bollocks”

— Karl Wiggins

“We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society?”

— George Santayana

“I agree with Heine's remark, that if the Romans had been forced to learn it (Latin) they would not have found time to conquer…

— Fergus Hume

“If the Greeks were—as they were indeed—a brilliant people, they were individualistic to a fault, and concerned with the fate and fortune of themselves…

— Ernle Bradford

“Do not laugh too much at your fellows. Those whom you cannot love you should, rather, fear.”

— Umberto Eco

“Some good things did come out of France, but the place has become unbearably Gaulish don’t you think?”

— Peter Murphy

“Did the Ancient Greeks ever write anything funny—like slapstick? I mean, I think I speak for everyone when I say that there’s nothing wrong…

— Elle Lothlorien