Laughter Quotes

2173 Laughter quotes by 1292 unique authors

One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man. — Francois Rabelais
In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he… — Elie Wiesel
What a force is laughter. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. — Joseph Addison
Does one come to enjoy even the hardships that help make one the person one is? Or is it that the past becomes a legend… — May Sarton
I suddenly recall the arpeggios of laughter lilting across the tender, springtime grass-gay-welling, far-floating, fluent, spontaneous, a bell-like feminine fluting, then suppressed; as though snuffed… — Ralph Ellison
Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion;… — Arthur Koestler
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew… — Lord Byron
My whole effort here is to keep you as non-serious as possible, for the simple reason that meditation, all kinds of meditation, can make you… — Rajneesh
The core of the seen and unseen universe smiles, but remember smiles come best from those who weep. Lightning, then the rain-laughter. — Unknown Author
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it… — Jules Renard
There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of… — Nikolai Gogol
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose… — Lord Chesterfield
Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh… — Lord Chesterfield
Real life is in love, laughter, and work. — Elbert Hubbard
Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise… — Joseph Conrad
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of… — Norman Cousins
Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail. — Heinrich Heine
Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter. — Unknown Author
Laughter is the only strategy that has ever worked at all for me when my world is falling apart. — Pat Conroy
I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. — Pat Conroy
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass… — Ernest Dowson

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