Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."
Mark Twain
"If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining."
Mark Twain
"The human race's greatest invention is not the wheel, but the wheel going round and round."
Mark Twain
"Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Mark Twain
"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old."
Mark Twain
"We are all fools, some of us just hide it better than others."
Mark Twain
"The principal difference between dogs and cats is that dogs come when they're called."
Mark Twain
"I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting."
Mark Twain
"To eat is human, to digest divine."
Mark Twain
"I believe we are all fools, just in different ways and to varying degrees."
Mark Twain
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"Laughter is medicine for the troubled soul."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke."
Herman Melville
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"Human madness is the laughter of the spheres."
Herman Melville
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"I love the good natured gossip of old women."
Anatole France
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"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Anatole France
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"I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."
Anatole France
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"The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working from the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public."
Anatole France
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Anatole France
"Humor is the shield we raise against the unbearable truth."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Humor is the bridge between despair and hope."
François Mauriac
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"Humor is the way we acknowledge pain without being consumed by it."
François Mauriac
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"There is a magnificent vagueness about the age of American women."
Henry James
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"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow."
Henry James
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"The difference between a natural and an artificial wig is vast indeed."
Henry James
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"The beautiful gain nothing by compliments; they are sufficiently aware of their charms already."
Henry James
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"What is exhilarating in bad taste is the insolence, the violence, the personal will that it asserts."
Henry James
"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
Mark Twain
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Mark Twain
"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow."
Mark Twain
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
Mark Twain