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Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humour?

— Frank Moore Colby Frank Moore Colby (1926)

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To be learned in literature is such a different thing from liking it.

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

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