Quote by Alice Meynell
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself cons

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. – Alice Meynell

Other quotes by Alice Meynell

The true color of life is the color of the body, the color of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the living heart and the pulses. It is the modest color of the unpublished blood. – Alice Meynell

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Color
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Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. – Alice Meynell

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Travel
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Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor. – George Jean Nathan

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Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Humor

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. – Washington Irving

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Humor

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. – Horace Walpole

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Humor

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Its been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth. – R. Lee Ermey

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Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it. – Edmond de Goncourt

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