Laughing Quotes - Page 59
April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.
Poems (1905) vol. 1, "Song"
His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it.
"King Henry V".
Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]
A man cannot make him laugh - but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 3, l. [95]
William Cullen Bryant, “Thanatopsis”
William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.200, Wordsworth Editions
I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.
Will Rogers (1992). “Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies”, p.61, University of Oklahoma Press
Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.157
It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.
W. Somerset Maugham (2012). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.104, Courier Corporation