Orts #709
A German comedy is like a German sentence: you see no reason in its structure why it should ever come to an end, and you accept the conclusion as an arrangement of Providence rather than of the author.
— George Eliot
Wit is an electric shock which takes us by violence quite independently of our predominant mental disposition, but humor approaches us more deliberately and leaves us masters of ourselves.
— George Eliot
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.
— Frank Muir
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value-added link: Yesterday was Pi Day.
Where were you at 9:26:53 yesterday morning?
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/pi-day-why-pi-matters