"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."

God, Grace, Laughter

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"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."

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"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

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