"Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius."

Humor, Genius, Perfection

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"Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius."

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"Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you're the kind of guy who just sits around and-" He stood up. "Let's dance."

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