The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
Carry laughter with you wherever you go.
Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.
Seven days without laughter makes one weak.
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content.
I was eleven when my father left, so neither of us really knew our fathers. I’d met mine of course, but then I only knew my dad as a child knows a parent, as a sort of crude outline filled in with one or two colors. I’d never seen my father scared or cry. I’d never heard him admit to any wrongdoing. I have no idea what he dreamed of. And once I’d seen a smile pinned to one cheek and darkness to the other when my mum had yelled at him. Now he was gone, and I was left with just an impression—one of male warmth, big arms, and loud laughter.
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.
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.
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