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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all oth

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. – Joseph Addison

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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. – Joseph Addison

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end. – Max Eastman

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