Laughter Quotes

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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make… — Wystan Hugh Auden
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. — Marcus Aurelius
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn? — Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. — Francis Bacon
The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.' — Harvey Ball
I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many… — Lucille Ball
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. — Joey Adams
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. — Karl Barth
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now… — John Adams
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. — Pierre Beaumarchais
What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. — Martha Beck
The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of… — Samuel Beckett
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. — Henry Ward Beecher
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. — Henry Ward Beecher
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth,… — Joseph Addison
Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry. — George Ade
It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after. — George Ade

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