One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only...

The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only...

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to...

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to...

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea...

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea...

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.