Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Laughter -- An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the

Laughter — An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. – Ambrose Bierce

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So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter. – Gordon W. Allport

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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. – Abraham Lincoln

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The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. – Tom Bodett

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A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods. – Author unknown, from an editorial in New-York Tribune, quoted in Quotations for

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