Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"The more the merrier, as the saying goes."
Nelly Dean
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"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies."
The Narrator
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"You have delighted us long enough."
Mr. Bennet
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"I have nothing to accuse him of but being the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
Mr. Darcy
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"She is as tolerable, I dare say, as other girls."
Mr. Darcy
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"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors."
Mr. Bennet
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"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Mr. Darcy
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"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
Ishmael
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"Better to sleep with a sober Montanan than wake with a drunk Bedouin."
Ishmael
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"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Crime belongs exclusively to the lower orders. I would suggest that we leave off discussing so sordid a thing at dinner."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Humanity takes itself so seriously. It is the one thing that makes us ridiculous."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"You have delighted us long enough."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!"
Edgar Linton
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"Better to sleep with a sober whale than a drunken captain"
Ishmael
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"One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"One can always recognize women who trust their husbands. They look so thoroughly unhappy."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"You have delighted us long enough."
Mr. Bennet
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"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"That is very strange for one of your accomplishment."
Mr. Bennet
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"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Mr. Darcy
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"I declare we must be the most unlucky creatures that ever existed."
Mrs. Bennet
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"I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the face of creation"
Mr. Rochester
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"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
Ishmael