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title: "22 Laughing Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "22 Laughing quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Laughing sayings from other authors."
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> [I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-shall-laugh-myself-to-death-at-this-puppy-headed-monster/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [A Loud Laugh Bespeaks a Vacant Mind!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-loud-laugh-bespeaks-a-vacant-mind/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-horn-the-horn-the-lusty-horn-is-not-a-thing-to-laugh-to-scorn/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/prepare-for-mirth-for-mirth-becomes-a-feast/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/be-bloody-bold-and-resolute-laugh-to-scorn-the-power-of-man/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/were-t-not-for-laughing-i-should-pity-him/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [We will all laugh at gilded butterflies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-will-all-laugh-at-gilded-butterflies/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow! But it means that they have the ability to deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/laughing-faces-do-not-mean-that-there-is-absence-of-sorrow-but-it/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [A hundred thousand welcomes: I could weep, And I could laugh; I am light and heavy: Welcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-hundred-thousand-welcomes-i-could-weep-and-i-could-laugh-i-am-light/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/though-it-make-the-unskillful-laugh-cannot-but-make-the-judicious/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/his-jest-will-savour-but-of-shallow-wit-when-thousands-weep-more-than/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/his-jest-shall-savour-but-a-shallow-wit-when-thousands-more-weep-than/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/now-get-you-to-my-lady-s-chamber-and-tell-her-let-her-paint-an-inch/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-durst-not-laugh-for-fear-of-opening-my-lips-and-receiving-the-bad/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/so-we-ll-live-and-pray-and-sing-and-tell-old-tales-and-laugh-at-2/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-s-little-of-the-melancholy-element-in-her-my-lord-she-is-never/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [He hath disgrac'd me and hind'red me half a million; laugh'd at my losses, mock'd at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-hath-disgrac-d-me-and-hind-red-me-half-a-million-laugh-d-at-my/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine… If I had a thousand sons, the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-man-cannot-make-him-laugh-but-that-s-no-marvel-he-drinks-no-wine-if/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [All of Creation’s a farce. Man was born as a joke. In his head his reason is buffeted Like wind-blown smoke. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/all-of-creation-s-a-farce-man-was-born-as-a-joke-in-his-head-his/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/merciful-heaven-thou-rather-with-thy-sharp-and-sulphurous-bolt-splits/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/no-no-no-no-come-let-s-away-to-prison-we-two-alone-will-sing-like/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-that-plays-the-king-shall-be-welcome-his-majesty-shall-have/)

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## Other authors on Laughing

## More by William Shakespeare

> [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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