#laught

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter. ↗

— Mel Gussow

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Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#comparison #conception #else #formerly #glory

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#glory #laughter #maketh #passion #sudden

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#face #human #human face #laughter #sun

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

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Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#laughter #mainspring

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. ↗

— Malcolm De Chazal

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Laughter drives shouting away. ↗

— Indra Devi

#drives #laughter #shouting