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The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle read more
The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes read more
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, read more
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make the right jokes.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any read more
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
A joke is a very serious thing
A joke is a very serious thing
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already read more
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded
