Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps…

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Laughter Quotes

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let...

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let...

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a...

The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

In Class: 'I'll just do this at home.' At Home: 'I'll just do this in...

In Class: 'I'll just do this at home.' At Home: 'I'll just do this in...