Laughter Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

9 Laughter quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson’s transcendental voice appears in this short series of nine reflections on laughter. They blend insight with wit, offering a succinct reminder of humor’s role in a thoughtful life.

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Flowers are the earth laughing.

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Earth laughs in flowers.

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A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults.

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Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.

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To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded.

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I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

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The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.

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The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that…

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As long as civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will…

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

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I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

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