Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"Humor is the grace that carries us through life's trials."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Humor is wisdom wearing a smile."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Humor is the spice of life, yet too much can spoil the meal."
Francesco Petrarca
"Humor is wisdom dressed in the clothes of laughter."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Humor is the spice of life's difficult moments."
Camilo Castelo Branco
C
"Laughter is medicine for the troubled heart."
Camilo Castelo Branco
L
"Humor is wisdom's most elegant disguise."
Ludovico Ariosto
A
"Humor is the best medicine."
Alexandre Herculano
P
"A man may as well open an oyster without a knife as a lawyer's mouth without a fee."
Petrarch
P
"A man may be twice-born without shame, but thrice-born speaks of folly."
Petrarch
P
"Hunger is the best sauce."
Petrarch
R
"O riso é o remédio mais barato para a alma atormentada."
Ramalho Ortigão
C
"O humor é a forma mais gentil de dizer uma verdade difícil."
Camilo Castelo Branco
"Laughter is the soul's way of dancing when joy cannot wait for the body."
Francesco Petrarca
"A jest spoken with love carries more weight than harsh truth spoken with indifference."
Torquato Tasso
"The wit that wounds is no wit at all, but cruelty in disguise."
Torquato Tasso
A
"O humor é a melhor medicina."
Almeida Garrett
A
"O humor nos liberta da tristeza."
Almeida Garrett
C
"Humor is humanity's way of thumbing its nose at suffering."
Camilo Castelo Branco
C
"Humor is the humanity we inject into an absurd universe."
Camilo Castelo Branco
L
"Humor is the wisdom of the soul expressed through lightness."
Ludovico Ariosto
P
"Mountains will labour, and a ridiculous mouse will be born."
Petrarch
R
"Humor is the ability to see absurdity without surrendering to despair."
Ramalho Ortigão
"Humor is the wisdom of the soul expressed through laughter."
Torquato Tasso
"Humor is wisdom dressed in the clothes of mischief."
Torquato Tasso
R
"The laugh that comes from genuine joy is the truest music."
Ramalho Ortigão
A
"Humor is the gift of seeing the absurd without being paralyzed by it."
Alexandre Herculano
E
"Humor often conceals profound truths about existence."
Eça de Queirós
E
"Laughter in the face of tragedy is the highest form of courage."
Eça de Queirós
S
"Humor is wisdom disguised as laughter."
Saramago