Victor Borge, 1909-2000
was an US (Danish-born) comedian and pianist
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Sir (Henry) Max(imilian) Beerbohm, 1872-1956
was an English author and satirist
Nobody ever died of laughter.
Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
was an English essayist, poet, and politician
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
( “The Spectator”, September 26, 1712 )
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul.
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