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Quote by Russell Lynes

“The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.”

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Russell Lynes was an American author known for his humorous and satirical writing. His works spanned various genres including literary criticism, social observation, and travel writing. Born in 1910, Lynes passed away on September 14, 1991. more

“Whatever it is probably won't go away, so we might as well live and laugh through it. When we double over laughing, we're bending so we won't break. If you think your particular troubles are too heavy and too traumatic to laugh about, remember that laughing is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't solve any problems permanently, but it makes things more acceptable for awhile.”

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Author:Barbara Johnson

“Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.”

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Author:Lord Byron

“We know the degree of refinement in people by the matter they laugh at and the ring of the laugh.”

People Knows Matter Laughing Degrees Laughter Rings Refinement

Author:George Meredith

“I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.”

World Humans Made Pain Divine Laughter Glad Despite Lovable Gift Of Laughter

Book:Dusk of Dawn (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)

Source: Dusk of Dawn (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)

“Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.”

People Inspiration Forget Common Greater Pride Laughter Ancient Secrecy Unwind

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Humor is a bit like Mary Poppins' sugar-it helps the medicine go down. A little bit of humor allows people to think about very difficult subjects.”

People Thinking Littles Helping Bits Difficult Subjects Little Bit Laughter Medicine Sugar Mary Difficult Subjects

Author:James Fadiman

“There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.”

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Book:How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds

Source: How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds

“If there is not laughter in intimacy, it becomes heavy, burdensome, and dull. At my best moments, the love dialogue I try to carry on with You each day is comic-what could be more comic than a human addressing the Ground of Being as an intimate? It's a kind of blasphemy that I dare because you have called for it, and that is pretty humorous, too.”

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Author:Andrew Greeley

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