People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.
I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.
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