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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.
Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.
Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.
What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io read more
What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso
Dell's universo.]
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never read more
I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never sorrowed upon earth
And know not laughter's worth.
I have known laughter--therefore I
May sorrow with you far more tenderly
Than those who never guess how sad a thing
Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.
Low gurgling laughter, as sweet
As the swallow's song i' the South,
And a ripple of dimples read more
Low gurgling laughter, as sweet
As the swallow's song i' the South,
And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet
By the curves of a perfect mouth.
Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.
Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.
