On the Humorous Side

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James

Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a
farmer's daughter.
Julius Comroe Jr

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
Victor Borge

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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Oliver Wendell Holmes