That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

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

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

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

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

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

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

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

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!

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

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.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

We think too much and feel too little.

We think too much and feel too little.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

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...

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

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...