"Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance."

-- Lord Chesterfield

#Witty Quotes #Laughter Quotes #People Quotes

“When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely.”
“Drugs are so easy to get in the ghetto. They might not be easy to get in nice areas like Beverly Hills, but in Long Beach and Compton and South Central they're easy to get. They don't drop those drugs off in Beverly Hills. They drop them off in the ghetto. Then they tell us it's wrong to sell them. Well, we didn't bring them here. We just sell them. I was selling, like I sold newspapers.”
“The question to ask is not whether you are a success or a failure, but whether you are a learner or a nonlearner.”
“Put out great music, and that's that”
“You canâ€™t plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Either you get out there and plough it or it doesnâ€™t get done.”
“I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.”
“Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.”
“Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.”

Source : David Hume (2010). “Moral and Political Philosophy”, p.406, Simon and Schuster

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