To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. – Honore de Balzac Category: Laughter
To laughter! The bright coinage of the bank of good will. – Minna Thomas Antrim, A Book of Toasts, 1902 Category: Laughter
He had the unmistakable sensation of being wounded so near to death that he felt his soul slide out of him, then slip back. – Norman Mailer, preface to 1976 reissue of Advertisements for Myself, referring t Category: Death
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. – Thomas C. Haliburton Category: Names
Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the trees inclined. – Alexander Pope Category: Education
