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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There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

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...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

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...

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the...

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the...

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

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...

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms...

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms...