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Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.
Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he read more
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
[Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.
And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win,
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.
Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win,
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.