Lord Chesterfield Quotes About Laughter

Quotes about: Laughter

• Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Witty, Laughter, Laughing

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.378, OUP Oxford

• Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.72, Oxford University Press

• It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Laughter, Men, Shining

• The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Laughter, People, Laughing

  Letter to his son, February 17, 1754.

• In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Laughter, Humorous

  'Letters to his Son' (1774) 9 March 1748.

• Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Horse, Laughter, Fun

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.140, Oxford University Press

• Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Fashion, Laughter, Silly

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.145, OUP Oxford

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