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    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.]

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Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.

by Sir Noel Coward Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

by Shirley Maclaine Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day read more

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

by Voltaire Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
'Tis that I may not weep.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
'Tis that I may not weep.

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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.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

by Anonymous Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
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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.

by George Herbert Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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She laughs at my dreams, but I dream about her laughter.

She laughs at my dreams, but I dream about her laughter.

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