“If the man laughs, change the Order.”
Writings of Dr. Leitner, Chapter: On the Science of Language and Ethnography, p. 173
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British orientalist 1840–1899Related quotes
“The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.”
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“God became man in order to make me God; therefore I want to be changed completely into pure God”
Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510) Italian author and nurse
Ibid., P.109.
Ernst Fischer (1899–1972) Austrian literature historian, publicist and writer
The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach (1965), Penguin Books, translated by Anna Bostock.
Francois Rabelais book Gargantua and Pantagruel
Pour ce que rire est le propre de l'homme.
Rabelais to the Reader (prefatory note on leading page).
Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Gargantua (1534)
“One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”
Jack Handey (1949) American comedian
Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired (1992), Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-13365-6
“The world laughs at another man's pain.”
José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist
"Song of the Wanderer", st.8 - translated by Nick Joaquin.
“A man who laughs will never be dangerous.”
Laurence Sterne book A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
The Passport, Versailles.
Original: (fr) Un homme qui rit, said the duke, ne sera jamais dangereux.
Source: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)