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The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
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.]
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
It 's possible to forgive someone a great deal if he makes you laugh.
It 's possible to forgive someone a great deal if he makes you laugh.
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.
What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io read more
What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso
Dell's universo.]
Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]
Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]