I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the beginning of wisdom, as is was indispensable for survival.
A day without laughter is like living in darkness; you try to find your way around, but you can't see clearly.
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Emily Mitchell
It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.
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John Steinbeck
It's easy to make me laugh, you can make me laugh, anyone can make me laugh, but that certainly does not mean you can make me do anything.
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C. Joybell C.
We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.
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Robert A. Heinlein
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