"The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times."

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"The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times."

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"Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard."

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"The truth is laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought choked half strangled or surrendered to with humiliation."

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Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

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"Worry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss.We, on the other hand, have our own secret weapon against these incorporeal fiends.It is laughter."

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