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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. – Jessamyn West

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It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. – Jessamyn West

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Forgiveness
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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. – Jessamyn West

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alone
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Wit is the lowest form of humor. – Alexander Pope

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I dont think humor is forced upon my universe its a part of it. – Manuel Puig

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I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. – Edward Albee

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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. – George Herbert

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