The Wit & Wisdom of Mark TwainHarper & Row, 1987 - 265 pagina's This sparkling anthology of Mark Twain's most trenchant remarks has been culled from his books, speeches, letters and conversations recorded by contemporaries. The sayings are as fresh today as when he first wrote them and represent Twain at his wittiest and best. |
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Pagina 108
... HUMOR Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand . " The Mysterious Stranger , " story , 1916 , ch . 10 Everything human is pathetic . The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow . There is no humor in heaven ...
... HUMOR Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand . " The Mysterious Stranger , " story , 1916 , ch . 10 Everything human is pathetic . The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow . There is no humor in heaven ...
Pagina 109
... humor . If fre- quently used , nearly any precisely worded and unchanging for- mula will eventually compel laughter if it be gravely and earnestly repeated , at intervals , five or six times . -Neider , Autobiography , 1959 , ch . 28 Humor ...
... humor . If fre- quently used , nearly any precisely worded and unchanging for- mula will eventually compel laughter if it be gravely and earnestly repeated , at intervals , five or six times . -Neider , Autobiography , 1959 , ch . 28 Humor ...
Pagina 236
... humor : conscious and unconscious . Conscious humor is a deliber- ate attempt to be funny , for example , by telling a joke . Uncon- scious humor is unintentional , yet often contains more truth . Twain cited the example of " the Sunday ...
... humor : conscious and unconscious . Conscious humor is a deliber- ate attempt to be funny , for example , by telling a joke . Uncon- scious humor is unintentional , yet often contains more truth . Twain cited the example of " the Sunday ...
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