Tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment. — John Webster Copy Share Image
O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May? — John Keats Copy Share Image
Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment. — Madame Roland Copy Share Image
To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When you're playing a character who's cruel, look for the places where he's kind. When you're playing a character who is unhappy,… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“Inside, the festivities would continue, probably well into the night, with flirtation and merriment and gratuitous use of mistletoe. It was an… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The lover drinks and the cup-bearer pours. The lover thinks but the cup-bearer knows: love begets love. Since this wine is love,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Most of us agree that the United Nations is the vanguard of a foreign invasion and must be driven from our shores.… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Dublin ... is not only the capital of a nation, but the capital of an idea. The idea of Irishness is not… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
School is established, not in order that it should be convenient for the children to study, but that teachers should be able… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“How freeing of a thought: instead of worrying about leaving a legacy, to leave no trace of one's existence. How liberating indeed!” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The Universe will give us love, happiness, merriment and laughter if we give others love, happiness, merriment and laughter!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image