Of all days, the one most surely wasted is the one on which one has not laughed.

La plus perdue de toutes les journees est celle ou l'on n'a pas ri.

Nicolas Chamfort

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Topic

Laughter

Author

Nicolas Chamfort

Source

Maximes et Pensées

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Chamfort, Nicolas. Maximes et Pensees. c. 1796, no. 48.

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