Humor. 1. A ticklish proposition. 2. Something which, like history, repeats itself. 3. A hole that lets the sawdust out of the stuffed shirt. 4. Stuff that has stood the test of time. 5. A quality of which there exists a great deal in the world because so many people take themselves seriously. -Esar’s Comic Dictionary
What little I know of humor suggests that it is not something which a man possesses, but rather something which possesses him; it is constantly in operation, it has a dark as well as a light aspect, and its function is by no means that of keeping its possessor in fits of chuckles. -Robertson Davies
The social scientist and especially the student of political economy is compelled to make his peace with satire or humor. -H. A. Innis
Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor, for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. -Aristotle
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. -Robertson Davies
The world’s humor, in its best and greaetest sense, is perhaps the highest product of our civilization. -Stephen Leacock
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