"While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit"
- Lewis Carroll
About this Quote
This quote by Lewis Carroll talks to the importance of keeping delight and amusement different. He warns that if we blend the two, we risk discovering to mock solemn things and use them as a chance to display our wit. He is recommending that we need to bear in mind the way we approach major matters and not utilize them as a method to make jokes. Instead, we should be considerate and take them seriously. He is likewise recommending that we need to utilize laughter of pleasure to express our much deeper emotions and feelings, rather than using laughter of amusement to downplay major matters. By doing this, we can make sure that we are not trivializing important subjects which we are taking them seriously.
This quote is written / told by Lewis Carroll between January 27, 1832 and January 14, 1898. He/she was a famous Author from England.
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