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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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.
If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...
If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
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.
It 's possible to forgive someone a great deal if he makes you laugh.
It 's possible to forgive someone a great deal if he makes you laugh.
Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Lesse read more
Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
Thy person share, and the conceit advance.
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.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
