Quote of François Rabelais - To laugh is proper to man....
Biography - François Rabelais:
French Renaissance writer
*Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: 1494 - Died: 1553
Period:
15th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1494 - Died: 1553
Period:
15th century
Place of birth: France
To laugh is proper to man.
Note
Other version: "laughter makes men human"
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: laughter
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
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