Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
Song lyrics, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)
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Robert Frost265
American poet 1874–1963Related quotes
“If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.”
Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Variant: If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”
Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères
Il faut rire avant que d'être heureux, de peur de mourir sans avoir ri.
Aphorism 63; Variant translation: We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
Les Caractères (1688), Du Coeur
“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Jean de La Bruyère, in Du Coeur
Misattributed
“So… like laughing children we’ll go
singing love wherever we go.”
Rod McKuen (1933–2015) American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer
"Only Love" by Jacques Brel as translated on the album After Midnight (1988)
Translations and adaptations
Context: We have only love,
to help us find our way,
as we go out into the world.
So... like laughing children we’ll go
singing love wherever we go.
