I have a profound conviction that the world is a species of gigantic jest—a jest of the most elaborate and stupendous—of the most complicated and august—and of the most utterly incomprehensible character.
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"I am a good deal of a cynic, and have a good deal of what the world calls misanthropy. But I am not a misanthrope."
Humorous"I have been guilty of many follies, but I have never been guilty of a great crime."
Humorous"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."
Strange & Unusual"There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion."
Strange & Unusual"In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed."
Strange & Unusual