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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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Seven days without laughter makes one weak. – Mort Walker

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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
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The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed. РS̩bastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort), translated from French

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