Philip Sidney Quote

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to our selves, and nature. Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter hath only a scornful tickling.


The Defence of Poetry (1595)


Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to our selves, and nature. Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter...

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to our selves, and nature. Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter...

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to our selves, and nature. Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter...

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to our selves, and nature. Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter...