Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Charles Lamb

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Topic

Laughter

Author

Charles Lamb

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1815 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lamb, Charles. Letter to Robert Southey. 9 Aug. 1815.

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Another quote from the 1810s

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

William Hazlitt

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Topic
Laughter Crying The human condition

Author

William Hazlitt
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Wit and Humour." Lectures on the English Comic Writers. c. 1818, Surrey Institution, London, England, UK.