Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.

Quote by Christopher Morley

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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...