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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.
The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never read more
I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never sorrowed upon earth
And know not laughter's worth.
I have known laughter--therefore I
May sorrow with you far more tenderly
Than those who never guess how sad a thing
Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.
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.]
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
