Quote by Thomas Carlyle
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. – Thomas Carlyle

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Humor is reason gone mad. – Groucho Marx

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The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. – William Temple

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The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story. – Stephen Sommers

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