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Laughter Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Laughter--an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features, and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious, and though intermittent, incurable.
- SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read…
- READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and…
- Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
More Laughter Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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,… — 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… — John Adams