Humor Quotes

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

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"The highest order of mind is accorded to the man who does not think."
Desiderius Erasmus
"The fool laughs at wisdom; the wise man learns from folly."
Thomas More
"Humor often speaks truths that seriousness cannot."
Thomas More
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"Humor is wisdom wrapped in lightness."
Giordano Bruno
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"Laughter is the highest form of wisdom."
Giordano Bruno
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"Humor reveals truth that solemnity would hide."
Giordano Bruno
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"The humorous person sees what others cannot laugh about."
Giordano Bruno
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"Humor is the spice that makes life palatable."
Giordano Bruno
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"Better belly burst than good liquor be lost."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"I have a small stepladder, because my real ladder left, but it's a very nice stepladder."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Humor is truth dressed in unexpected clothing."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Humor acknowledges life's absurdity with grace."
Niccolò Copernicus
"To laugh at oneself is to possess wisdom and humility in equal measure."
Thomas More
"Humor is wisdom with a smile, revealing truth through laughter."
Thomas More
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"We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Even on the most exalted throne in the world, we are still sitting on our own bottom."
Michel de Montaigne
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"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh about."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Where would be the amusement of life if we were always right?"
Michel de Montaigne
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"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."
Michel de Montaigne
"Other men eat to live; I live to eat."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"Humor is the balm of the troubled soul."
Strabo
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"Laughter is the medicine of the wise."
Strabo
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"Humor is the weapon of the wise."
Petronius
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"Humor is the spice of life."
Petronius
"Humor in the face of adversity is the signature of an unconquerable spirit."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"There are more fools than wise men, and even in the wise man there is more folly than wisdom."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Plutarch
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"The most certain sign of wisdom is good humor."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Laughter is the medicine the soul requires."
Petronius
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"Humor is wisdom wrapped in laughter."
Petronius