A Caricature

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From Essays of William Hazlitt, edited by Frank Carr

DEVOTION

"The devotion to nonsense, and enthusiasm about truffles, is highly affecting as a moral lesson: it is one of the striking weaknesses and greatest happinesses of our nature."

From On Wit and Humour

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From Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufmann

TEN

"Ten times a day you must laugh and be cheerful; else you will be disturbed at night by your stomach, this father of gloom."

From On the Teachers of Virtue

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From The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, by Will Cuppy

PHILIP II

"Phillip II of Spain has been called the first modern king because he suffered from arteriosclerosis.  He was famous for never having any fun.  He thought having fun was a waste of valuable time, so he spent twelve hours a day in his office, making memoranda on little pieces of paper.*

*Many years later these memoranda were carefully collected, classified, tied into packets with ribbon, and thrown out."

From Philip the Sap

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“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” -- Mark Twain