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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. – Jonathan Swift

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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – Jonathan Swift

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I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. – Jonathan Swift

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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them. – Vera Farmiga

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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. – Irvin S. Cobb

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Its self-effacing, its hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor. – Jerry Leiber

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Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. – Shel Silverstein

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Politics is the womb in which war develops. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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I said Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this. He said, oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, dont worry about it. But theyre not. – Nia Long

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Decorate yourself from the inside out. – Terri Guillemets

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