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.
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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.
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.
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the read more
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he read more
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
[Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the read more
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.
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.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
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.
