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Laughter is the climax in the tragedy of seeing, hearing and smelling self-consciously.

— Wyndham Lewis Inferior Religions (1917)

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Every pastime has its attendant politics.

The Apes of God (1930)

Wherever there is objective truth there is satire.

Rude Assignment: An Intellectual Autobiography (1950)

I have been called a Rogue Elephant, a Cannibal Shark, and a crocodile. I am none the worse. I remain a caged, and rather sardonic, lion, in a particularly contemptible and ill-run zoo.

The earth has become one big village, with telephones laid on from one end to the other, and air transport, both speedy and safe.

The prime essential in the solution of the "Jewish problem" is to eradicate entirely from our minds all prejudice and superstition about the Jew.

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

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Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin so merry draws one out.

John Wolcot

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