A Quote by Andre Gide
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.
Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wrong with it.
Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.
Being wild can be wearing a silly hat. Being wild can be dancing weird. Being wild can be shooting people. What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild.
If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.
People have always complimented me for being cheerful and happy.
Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.
I'd like to say I'm a very silly man. But I'm not that silly. I'm not throwing any diamond ring down a toilet.
My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird.
That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.
Don't move your money from Bear. That's just being silly. Don't be silly.
The word 'silly' derives from the Greek 'selig' meaning 'blessed.' There is something sacred in being able to be silly.
As unity demanded for its expression what at first might have seemed its opposite--variety; so repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite--energy. It is the most unfailing test of beauty; nothing can be ignoble that possesses it, nothing right that has it not.
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