Embarrassment Quote by Stephen Fry

“But there was another class of people, the real people. To this class they all belonged, and in it the great thing was to…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.”

— Geraldine Brooks

“In moments the whole assembly was rocking with jeering laughter as I stood ridiculously before them. My hands clenched uncontrollably; I had been prepared…

— Teresa Denys

“But there remained a reflective solitude behind that laughter, that nagging sense of completion that didn't sit well on the shoulders of a woman…

— R.A. Salvatore

“Inside I am really bursting with boyish merriment; but I acted the paralytic Professor so well, that now I can't leave off.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“All oblivious to my dreams, and to my state of struggle: some would greet me, smiling at me. But some laughed the hardest, laughing…

— Mitta Xinindlu

“I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people…

— Hildegard of Bingen

“Always, even on a solemn occasion like this, an undercurrent of laughter in her voice. She possessed a keen sense of the fundamental absurdity…

— Leah Hager Cohen

“He saw her bright, fierce little face break into laughter when the crowd laughed. It was good. Laughter is good for the soul and…

— Paulette Jiles

“High expectations I have. In hardness I labor that, fuller joy at the top I may partake. Nevertheless, in vain I toil. And then,…

— Darmie Orem

“As I have always both offered and desired peace so that I might devote myself to quieter and more useful studies, and have stormed…

— Martin Luther

“And at the thought of the punishments Youdi might inflict upon me I was seized by such a mighty fit of laughter that I…

— Samuel Beckett