Charles Chaplin Quotes



       “My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.” 
- Charles Chaplin


       “A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “We think too much and feel too little.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “A day without laughing is a day wasted” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself”
Charles Chaplin


        “Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “Imagination means nothing without doing.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” 
- Charles Chaplin


       “Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.” 
- Charles Chaplin


        “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” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “my lips never know my problem they just always smile” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.” 
- Charles Chaplin

       “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
- Charles Chaplin

       “Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “Your Pain May Give, Laugh To Somebody But
Your Laugh Shouldn't, Give Pain To Anybody” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.” 
- Charles Chaplin

        “After all, there are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” 
- Charles Chaplin

      “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
Charlie Chaplin



        “Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.” 
- Charles Chaplin

      “Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
Charlie Chaplin


       “we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane.” 
- Charles Chaplin,

      “I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
Charlie Chaplin



       “What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
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         “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
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        “Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
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        “In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie Chaplin