Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
Voltaire
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"The way to be bored is to say everything."
Voltaire
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"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."
Voltaire
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"Humor reveals our deepest truths"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor is wisdom in disguise"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor is the antidote to despair."
Paul Verlaine
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"Humor lightens the burden of existence."
Paul Verlaine
"Humor is the highest form of wisdom when it teaches us not to take ourselves too seriously."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Laughter is the soul's way of celebrating truth."
Pierre Corneille
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"Humor softens the harshness of existence."
Jean Racine
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"Laughter is the balm that heals human sorrow."
Jean Racine
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"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
Molière
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"Those who make us laugh are more valuable than those who merely make us think."
Molière
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"The greatest pleasure is to deceive the deceiver."
Molière
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"The secret to being boring is to say everything."
Molière
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"Those who cannot laugh at themselves will find no shortage of others to do it for them."
Molière
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"A life without laughter is a life half-lived."
Molière
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"The comedy of life is that we take ourselves so seriously."
Molière
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"Humor is the human spirit's defiance against despair."
Pierre Corneille
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"Humor is the armor of those too proud to cry."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor is the signal that we have survived another day."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor is the salt of life."
Paul Verlaine
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"Humor is the grace of the human spirit."
Paul Verlaine
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
Voltaire
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"Humor acknowledges truth without the weight of solemnity"
Pierre Corneille
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"Humor is the armor of those who understand despair."
Jean Racine
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"Humor is the rebellion of the spirit against the tyranny of circumstances."
Paul Verlaine
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"The duty of comedy is to correct the vices of mankind by holding a mirror to society."
Molière
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"A moment of laughter is worth a thousand tears."
Molière
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"Humor is the secret weapon of the wise."
Molière