“ Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
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“ It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. ”
- Lord Shaftesbury- Copy
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“ Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like? ”
- Josh Brand and John Falsey- Copy
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“ It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously. ”
- Barbara Hershey- Copy
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“ There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
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“ Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. ”
- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale- Copy
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“ Everything has two sides — the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn. ”
- Olive Schreiner- Copy
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“ Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness. ”
- Northrop Frye- Copy
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“ Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness. ”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset- Copy
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“ Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. ”
- Thomas Merton- Copy
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“ We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease. ”
- Laura Bush- Copy
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“ Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ They tried to impress upon him the seriousness of the situation and the fact that he's placing himself in a very difficult situation. ”
- Kofi Annan- Copy
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“ I felt that our exchanges in Pyongyang were frank as befits the seriousness of our differences, and they were useful too. ”
- James Kelly- Copy
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