Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to
weep.
[Fr., Je me hate de read more

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to
weep.
[Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en
pleurer.]

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.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.