Humor Quotes

Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.

21194 quotes

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"Humor is the light that shines on the darker aspects of existence."
Baltasar Gracián
"A man who cannot laugh at himself has lost the greatest weapon against despair."
Gerolamo Cardano
"To laugh at oneself before others laugh at you is to claim victory in the battle of pride."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."
Francis Bacon
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"Humor helps us navigate the absurdities of existence."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Humor is wisdom in disguise."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Laughter is medicine for the soul."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Humor lightens the burden of existence."
Giordano Bruno
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"Humor is humanity's greatest gift."
Giordano Bruno
"Wise men, while in prayers, fall to scratching."
Thomas More
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"Humor is wisdom wearing a mask of lightness."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Humor is truth dressed in jest."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Humor reveals truth wrapped in laughter."
Giordano Bruno
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"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?"
Michel de Montaigne
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"It is a hard matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears."
Michel de Montaigne
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"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."
Michel de Montaigne
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"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, yet he will be making gods by dozens."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Children are to be deceived with comfits and men with oaths."
Michel de Montaigne
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"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Courtesy is not dead - it has merely gone to bed with economics."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Between two evils, I always pick the one I've never tried before."
Desiderius Erasmus
"To laugh at oneself is to begin the journey toward genuine wisdom."
Thomas More
"Laughter in the face of adversity is the rebel yell of the human spirit."
Thomas More
"To find humor in suffering is to find humanity in darkness."
Thomas More
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"Humor is truth told with a smile."
Giordano Bruno
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"Humor is wisdom's way of making truth palatable to reluctant ears."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The sense of humor is the companion of those who dare to think freely."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"It is folly to be wise when it is a time to be drunk."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"He who lives without folly is less wise than he who thinks he's a fool."
Desiderius Erasmus