Humor must not professedly teach and it must not p... -Mark Twain

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started....
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt....
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not....
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever....
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven....
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven....
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing....
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it....
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about....
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts....

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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, esp...
The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them....
Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music....
From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily...
We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of con...
The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor....
Humor helps people open up....
I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair....
As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant....
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path....