Gaiety

Famous quotes containing the word gaiety:

“We knew how to order. Just the dash
Necessary. The length of gaiety in good taste.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

“Natives of poverty, children of malheur,
The gaiety of language is our seigneur.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)