Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Love reduced to sex is just coupling.

Love reduced to sex is just coupling.

Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own...

Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own...

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he...

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he...