The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the read more

The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.

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.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your read more

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that read more

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.

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.