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"The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven." »Mark Twain
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"Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss." »Montaigne
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"humour is a cog in the machine we call love." »Aaron J. Munzer
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"Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humour left." »Chuck Palahniuk
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"Prudent people are very happy 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the humour of saying what I think." »Mary Wortley Montagu
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"In conversation humour is more than wit, easiness, more than knowledge; few desire to learn, or to think they need it; all desire to be pleased, or, if not, to be easy." »Sir W Temple
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""Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language." »Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world." »William Lyon Phelps
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"A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender." »Jim Bishop
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"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others." »William Lyon Phelps
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"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted." »Eric Idle
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"That man is good who does good to others if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further it is heroic, it is perfect." »La Bruyere
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"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power." »Tryon Edwards
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"To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power." »Tryon Edwards
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"good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true." »Lester R Bittel
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"TAKING THE FIRST FOOTSTEP with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered paradise." »Zoroaster
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"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion." »Jean Jacques Rousseau
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"Happiness a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion." »Jean Jacques Rousseau
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"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning anf a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible." »George Burns
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"Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good." »F Scott
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"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." »Oscar Wilde
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"From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents.
From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks.
From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality.
From fifty-five on, she needs good cash." »Sophie Tucker
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"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." »John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
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"A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be." »Henry Miller
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"Grace is not against good works It simply does not bless on the basis of good works. We receive blessing from God based solely on the merits of His Son--blessings freely given to us in Christ and nowhere else. The completeness that is in Christ mean deliverance from trying to 'be good' and 'do right' in order to be accepted by God." »Richard Jordan
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"In the body restraint is good; good is restraint in speech; in thought restraint is good: good is restraint in all things." »The Dhammapada
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"Tony Montana What you lookin' at You all a bunch of f***ing assholes. You know why You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your f***ing fingers and say, That's the bad guy. So... what that make you good You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through Better get outta his way" »Scarface
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"good night, good night parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow." »William Shakespeare
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"good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow." »William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2 scene 2
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