Robert G. Ingersoll Quote

Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind — it sheds light. Humor is the readiest test of truth — of the natural, of the sensible — and when you take from a man all sense of humor, there will only be enough left to make a bigot.


The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)


Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind — it sheds light. Humor is the readiest...

Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind — it sheds light. Humor is the readiest...

Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind — it sheds light. Humor is the readiest...

Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind — it sheds light. Humor is the readiest...