Deception Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

— Frank Moore Colby

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

— Giacomo Leopardi

But laughter is weakness, corruption, the foolishness of our flesh.

— Umberto Eco

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“For, ultimately, isn't all laughter only the echo of an original revolt against the almighty: a never-ending scream against the absurdity of our exile…

— D.P. Watt

Laughter is a force for democracy.

— John Cleese

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because…

— Paulo Coelho

He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

— Shirley MacLaine

“He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.”

— John Powell

Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart.

— Kate Clinton

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking…

— George Gissing