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Humor13 quotes
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it. — William Shakespeare · 1597The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark. — Mark Van Doren · 1939Humor very often cuts the knot of serious questions more trenchantly and successfully than severity. — Horace · 34 BCAll 13 quotes →Laughter4 quotes
The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer. — Reinhold Niebuhr · 1946Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. — Mark Twain · 1910Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter. — Max Beerbohm · 1920Power of humor3 quotes
Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark. — Mark Van Doren · 1939Humor very often cuts the knot of serious questions more trenchantly and successfully than severity. — Horace · 34 BCAgainst the assault of laughter nothing can stand. — Mark Twain · 1910Humor and sadness2 quotes
The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Jokes2 quotes
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it. — William Shakespeare · 1597Why should truth not be impress'd
Beneath the cover of a jest. — Horace · 34 BCBeauty1 quote
I believe that humor is a part of beauty. — Max Beckmann · 1903Comedy1 quote
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. — Steve Allen · 1957Conversation1 quote
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Cynicism1 quote
Comedy naturally wears itself out-destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. — William Hazlitt · 1817Good conversation1 quote
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Heaven1 quote
The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897Nature of beauty1 quote
I believe that humor is a part of beauty. — Max Beckmann · 1903The human condition1 quote
The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Wit1 quote
Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark. — Mark Van Doren · 1939