Quote by Virginia Woolf
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. - V

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. – Virginia Woolf

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There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. – Virginia Woolf

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One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats—and one always secretes too much jelly. – Virginia Woolf

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Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. – Thomas Carlyle

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After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor. – Bill Kelly, "Mordillo"

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Humor

Anyone in the humor business isnt thinking clearly if he doesnt surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity – or you burn yourself out. – Hank Ketcham

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A boy is naturally full of humor. – Robert Powell

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This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. Weve had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. – Maxine Waters

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