The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Miss Fairlie laughed with a ready good-humour, which broke out as brightly as if it had been part of the sunshine above… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From morning to night he's so joyous and… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
A stiff letter galls one like a stiff shirt collar -- whilst a sheet garnished here and there with a careless blot… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“You can find something funny in anything! I'm sick as a dog and falling to bits, but I'll give up joking only… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
It's all rot that they put in the war-news about the good humour of the troops, how they are arranging dances almost… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I am a neat hand at cookery, and I'll tell you what I knocked up for my Christmas-eve dinner in the Library… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There is a certain artificial polish, a commonplace vivacity acquired by perpetually mingling in the beau monde; which, in the commerce of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn't be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
When I feel well and in a good humour, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal,… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
