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Freud makes much of the distinction between jokes which just barely make sense, and those whose main value lies in the sense they make. He cal...

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A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

By Max Eastman
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

By Max Eastman
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

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I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest a while.

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

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A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.

By Max Eastman