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    Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
    silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh
    since the creation of the world.

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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.

by Ed Howe Found in: Laughter Quotes, Trouble Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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Laugh often,Dream big,Reach for the stars!

Laugh often,Dream big,Reach for the stars!

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That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

by Quintilian Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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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.]

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Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
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Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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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.

by Lord Byron Found in: Laughter Quotes,
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