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

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

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. – Virginia Woolf

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A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. – Virginia Woolf

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For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. – Virginia Woolf

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You cant do anything to be funny. Thats cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you dont make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level. – John Krasinski

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I certainly didnt say while writing Gossip Girl, Oh this is going to be big! It was really like, Oh god, everyones gong to hate these people! Theyre so bratty! But I actually think what is so appealing about them is the humor in them. – Cecily von Ziegesar

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The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. – William Temple

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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

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I always wear the same thing at home. I cant be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about. – Barbra Streisand

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Patriotism, the virtue of the vicious. – Oscar Wilde

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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut. – Carly Fiorina

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I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where its a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it. – Ice T

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