Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

Topics: Charlie Chaplin Quotes

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance...

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance...

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

We think too much and feel too little.

We think too much and feel too little.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they...

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they...

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with...

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with...

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you...

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you...