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.

A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.

A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.

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.

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.

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus read more

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus perdue de toutes les journees est celle ou l'on n'a
pas rit.]

The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

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.