Becoming a man Quote by William Congreve

“Laughter is a divine gift to the human who is humble. A proud man cannot laugh because he must watch his dignity; he cannot…

— C.J. Mahaney

I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter…

— Anonymous

A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.

— James Carlos Blake

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.

— David Niven

Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing…

— David Niven

A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man

— Arthur Schopenhauer

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

— Maria Edgeworth

The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers.

— Joseph Addison

Unsociable humors are contracted in solitude, which will, in the end, not fail of corrupting the understanding as well as the manners, and of…

— Edmund Burke

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of mans superiority to all that befalls him.

— Romain Gary

“There is something so attractive about a man who is able to laugh shamelessly.”

— Shannon Dittemore

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

— Jonathan Swift