The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

aphorism by Chamfort from Maximes et pensées (1795)
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All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little I still know, I've guessed.

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Most of today's books have an air of having been written in one day from books read the night before.

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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate, and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.

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Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

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