“ To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda water the day after. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
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“ INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds — the omens thence derived being called auspices… ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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