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Laughter is the best medicine.
~ English Proverb, American [17592]

From the King James Bible we find: “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.”
~Book of Proverbs 17:22

This popular proverb has been the subject of numerous scientific investigations.

One of the most widely read magazines in the world, Reader's Digest, has a humor section bearing this proverb as its title.



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