A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where…

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It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have...

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have...

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice...

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

A smile is the universal welcome.

A smile is the universal welcome.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up...

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up...

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a...

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a...