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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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never 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.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
