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Comedy (play)1 quote
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594Philosophical literature1 quote
Of all days, the one most surely wasted is the one on which one has not laughed. — Nicolas Chamfort · 1796Religious literature1 quote
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. — Proverbs 14:13 · 686 BCSatire1 quote
To laugh is proper to man. — Francois Rabelais · 1534Satirical fiction1 quote
To laugh is proper to man. — Francois Rabelais · 1534