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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.
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.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
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.]
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...
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your read more
Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.
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.
