Fierce for the right, he bore his part in strife with many a valiant foe; but laughter winged his polished dart, and kindness tempered every blow.

Quote by William Winters

Topics: Laughter Quotes

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never...

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I...

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I...

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.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is...

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is...