I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

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

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

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

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.

What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io read more

What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso
Dell's universo.]

Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.

Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.

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.]

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.]

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.