Comedy Quotes by Henri Bergson

11 Comedy quotes by Henri Bergson

Bergson’s wit is a blend of philosophy and playful observation. This collection of eleven brief jokes offers a glimpse into how he used humor to illuminate deeper ideas, making the abstract feel surprisingly approachable.

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It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

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There is nothing [that] disarms us like laughter.

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“That diversion of life towards mechanism is the real cause of laughter”

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Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.

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In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

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The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

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However spontaneous it seems, laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry, or even complicity, with other laughers, real or imaginary.

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Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it…

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Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo, Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it…

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On the other hand, the pleasure caused by laughter, even on the stage, is not an unadulterated enjoyment; it is not a…

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There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

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It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose…

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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.

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Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

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