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"Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake Laughter always follow tears Blessed are those who understand Life blossoms wherever water flows Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown"
"It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind."
"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."
"Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible; and in heaven, it won't be proper."
"From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations"
"You have as much laughter as you have faith."
"Happiness is the longing for repetition."
"Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals, improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!"
"The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same"
"Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination."
"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth."
"Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks."
"It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears - and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love."
"Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away"
"Don't forget your history nor your destiny"
"We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh."
"Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species."
"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it."
"My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her... It's never over, All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter... It's never over, She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever."
"Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness."
