A day without laughter is a day wasted.
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Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
We think too much and feel too little.
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
In the end, everything is a gag.
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
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