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.]

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.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

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.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

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

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

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.

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.