Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.
In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.
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