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Serious

(adjective) Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition Example: "It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily."

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"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different."
— Oscar Wilde
"There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes."
— C. S. Lewis
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
— Oscar Wilde
"Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious."
— Oscar Wilde
"No human thing is of serious importance."
— Plato
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
— George Bernard Shaw

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