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Laughter11 quotes
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818To laugh is proper to man. — Francois Rabelais · 1534The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. — Proverbs 14:13 · 686 BCThere is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. — Charles Dickens · 1843Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral. — Charles Lamb · 1815All 11 quotes →Humor4 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 · 1920Humor and sadness2 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 · 1893Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. — Proverbs 14:13 · 686 BCThe human condition2 quotes
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. — Oscar Wilde · 1893Crying1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818Long life1 quote
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594Positive attitude1 quote
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594Power of humor1 quote
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. — Mark Twain · 1910Sadness1 quote
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. — Proverbs 14:13 · 686 BC