"Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the……" — Malcolm De Chazal
"Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent relieves we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life."
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Malcolm De Chazal
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24 Quotes by Malcolm De Chazal
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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Chins are exclusively a human feature, not to be found among the beasts. Ithey had chins, most animals would look…
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The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
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The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested,…
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The ears are the last feature to age.
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Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
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Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man…
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We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the…
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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