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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself
conspicuous in the act of laughter.
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself
conspicuous in the act of laughter.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]
He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]
Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]
Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]
Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or read more
Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh
since the creation of the world.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that read more
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.
