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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 power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. – Jonathan Swift

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But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it. – Seth Grahame-Smith

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The secret to humor is surprise. – Aristotle

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Well, darkness with humor… Im not an extremely suicidal or sad person. – Peter Steele

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