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Mirth Quotes by William Shakespeare
- To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth
- With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage.
- With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans.
- Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.
- Free from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with…
- He's all my exercise, my mirth, my matter.
- To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.
- With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
- Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
- What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to…
- O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low: Trip no further,…
- Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sell eternity to get a toy? For one grape who will the vine destroy?
- Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.— Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts!
- Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.
More Mirth Quotes
- Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up… — Joseph Addison
- Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. — 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… — Joseph Addison
- It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after. — George Ade
- Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is… — William Blake
- To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth — William Shakespeare
- These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter… — Henry Van Dyke
- Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the… — Unknown Author
- Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new… — Martin Luther
- I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth… — Joseph Addison
- The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any… — William Blake
- A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at… — Agnes Repplier