Humor Quotes

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

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"What comes once in a lifetime, twice in a moment, and never in one hundred years?"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"A man's second childhood begins when he loses his first wife."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"A man without gaiety is like a wagon without springs."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"The arrows of satire, when aimed at follies, fall harmless if those follies are universal."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Humor is humanity's way of laughing at its own foolishness."
John Milton
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"Laughter in the face of adversity is the finest form of courage."
John Milton
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"I have nothing to confess; I never cut anybody's throat."
John Keats
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"I wish I could say Tom's voice is as pleasant as his countenance."
John Keats
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"Some people seem to be created by accident, and nature has thrown up its hands in despair."
John Keats
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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
William Shakespeare
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"I am not merry, but I am not melancholy."
Lord Byron
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"Even the smallest act of humor can redeem the darkest hour."
Dante Alighieri
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"Laughter is the music of the soul in its joy."
Dante Alighieri
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"I am not at all in a humorous mood."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
William Shakespeare
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"How now! A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!"
William Shakespeare
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"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
William Shakespeare
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"Everybody politely congratulates the bride and bridegroom and leaves."
Ovid
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"One man's trash is another's treasure."
Ovid
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"Hunger is the best sauce."
Homer
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Homer
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"Laughter is the balm of the wounded soul."
Homer
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"Mirth is the elixir of life."
Homer
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"Laughter lightens the heaviest burden."
Homer
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"Joy springs from a light heart."
Homer
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"Humor heals all wounds."
Homer
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"Humor unites all people."
Homer
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"Laughter binds communities together."
Homer
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"Humor is wisdom's highest form."
Homer