We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at all

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

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 wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

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

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

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

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

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

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

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

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...

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...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...