Mirth Quotes
118 quotes by 80 authors
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Haunted Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine, Roar through the darkness, stamp and sing And lay ghost hands on everything, But leave the…
— Robert Graves
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Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to…
— Holly Black
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To-day I think Only with scents, - scents dead leaves yield, And bracken, and wild carrot's seed, And the square mustard field; Odours that rise…
— Edward Thomas
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His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.
— Warren Ellis
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Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.— Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts!
— William Shakespeare
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Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth, Deaf though shouting wind goes by, Dumb in a storm of…
— Sara Teasdale
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It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table and keep their…
— Kenneth Grahame
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One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's…
— Cassandra Clare
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Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of…
— Lord Byron
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I would I were alive again To kiss the fingers of the rain, To drink into my eyes the shine Of every slanting silver line,…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and…
— Howard Pyle
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Simon remembered a rhyme his mother used to recite to him, about magpies. You were supposed to count them and say: one for sorrow, two…
— Cassandra Clare
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The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?
— Angela Carter
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What are you? The voice came from nowhere. It was in the room. It was outside. It was in Magnus's head. "A warlock," Magnus answered.…
— Cassandra Clare
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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden of…
— Mark Twain
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Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Who Wrote These Mirth Quotes
80 authors contributed a total of 118 Mirth Quotes, led by these top contributors: