“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.”
Charles Lamb
“Where is our usual manager of mirth?What revels are in hand? Is there no play,To ease the anguish of a torturing hour?”
William Shakespeare
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose - Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows”
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
“Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth;it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles.Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy;it is a season of dedication and decision.”
William Arthur Ward
“The Angel that presided o'er my birth / Said `Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, / Go, love without the help of anything on earth.'”
William Blake
“Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!”
John Milton
