Humor Quotes

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

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"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Humor is a natural response to difficult moments."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Laughter is the best medicine."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"I would rather be a kitten and cry mew than one of these September poets"
Théophile Gautier
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"I am always amused by the ill-advised attempts of inferior men to imitate the personal mannerisms of great men"
Théophile Gautier
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"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor"
Théophile Gautier
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"Humor is the most honest form of truth."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Humor heals what medicine cannot."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Humor is the shortest distance between two people."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Humor is the light that helps us see the darkness without being consumed by it."
Paul Verlaine
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"Humor is the weapon of those who refuse to despair."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor allows us to acknowledge truth while maintaining dignity."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Humor is the spice of life."
Paul Verlaine
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"Humor is wisdom clothed in the garments of levity."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The humorous mind sees the absurdity that liberates."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Life would be tolerable but for its amusements."
Théophile Gautier
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"Humor is the shortest distance between two people."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Humor is the spice of life."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Humor is the kindest weapon against cruelty"
Guy de Maupassant
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"Humor is the ability to laugh at ourselves before others do"
Guy de Maupassant
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"I am not at all in a humorous mood."
George Sand
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"I laugh at myself; I make fun of myself sometimes."
George Sand
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"The privilege of absurdity."
Stendhal
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"Humor is the weapon of those too wise for violence."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Humor lightens the burden of existence."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Humor is the intelligence of the heart."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Humor reveals truth that gravity cannot expose."
Guy de Maupassant
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"The most bossy person I have ever met was my teacher."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"I really believe I am a little mad; it is family failing."
Mary Wollstonecraft