Langston Hughes Quotes

1902-1967, American Poet, Short-story Writer, Playwright
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“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.”
Verified"A Note on Humor", from The Book of Negro Humor, p. vii (1966) · evidenceHumor
“I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.”
Verified"The Black Man Speaks," from Jim Crow's Last Stand (1943) · evidenceDemocracy
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Dreams
“No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.”
Beauty