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• The man who can laugh when he isn't amused is always popular.
• You hear that boy laughing?--you think he 's all fu
  But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done...
• The difference between a rich man and a poor man is thi
  he former eats when he pleases, the latter when he can get it. -- Sir Walter Raleigh...
• Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!
  -- Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) -- To the Countess of Cumberland, Stanza 12...
• Homer: [exaggeratedly loud] Are you ready to laugh?
  Man: Poor dog. Homer: I said, are you ready to laugh?...
• All persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental, and should not be construed.
  -- Kurt Vonnegut 117. A faithful dog will always stay with you And laugh with you --or cry-- He'll gladly starve to stay with you Nor ever reason why....
• A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please
  and if you are a poor man, whenever you can." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh, Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 233...
• Ability is the poor man's wealth.