If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: Laughter Quotes

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something...

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed...

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed...

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.