"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."

Humor, Imagination, Man, Sense

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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."

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"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee."

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"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing."

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"Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one."

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"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."

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"By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense."

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