Top 160 Charlie Chaplin Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “We think too much and feel too little.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

3. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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4. “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.”

— Charlie Chaplin

5. “You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down.”

— Charlie Chaplin

6. “Imagination means nothing without doing.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

11. “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret.”

— Charlie Chaplin

12. “Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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13. “What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

15. “Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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16. “Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.”

— Charlie Chaplin

17. “Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn’t Give Pain To Anybody.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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18. “More than machinery, we need humanity.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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19. “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”

— Charlie Chaplin

20. “A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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21. “We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

— Charlie Chaplin

22. “My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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23. “Simplicity is not a simple thing.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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24. “You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure...”

— Charlie Chaplin

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25. “Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.”

— Charlie Chaplin

26. “You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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27. “You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise Love is enough to get everything done.”

— Charlie Chaplin

28. “Don’t be afraid of the unknown because, even when they wander into chaos, planets are born stars!”

— Charlie Chaplin

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29. “Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But, life salutes you when you make others happy.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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30. “Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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31. “As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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32. “The Kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!”

— Charlie Chaplin

33. “Simplicity of approach is always best.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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34. “Greed has poisoned men’s souls.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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35. “I have Many Problems in My Life. But my leaps don’t know that. They always smile.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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36. “This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.”

— Charlie Chaplin

37. “One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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38. “More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”

— Charlie Chaplin

39. “Tomorrow, the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life.”

— Charlie Chaplin

40. “The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

— Charlie Chaplin

41. “Life salutes you when you make others happy.”

— Charlie Chaplin

42. “There is greatness in everyone.”

— Charlie Chaplin

43. “Let us fight for a new world, a decent world!”

— Charlie Chaplin

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44. “It isn’t the ups and downs that make life difficult; it’s the jerks.”

— Charlie Chaplin

45. “Unless I write every day, I don’t feel I deserve my dinner.”

— Charlie Chaplin

46. “Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

48. “As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free.”

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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50. “Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors.”

— Charlie Chaplin