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The Renaissance2 quotes
To laugh is proper to man. — Francois Rabelais · 1534Frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594Old Testament Era1 quote
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. — Proverbs 14:13 · 686 BC