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| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 5459 |
| AUTHOR: | Thornton Wilder |
| QUOTATION: | A sense of humor judges one’s actions and the actions of others from a wider reference and a longer view and finds them incongruous. It dampens enthusiasm; it mocks hope; it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Eighth Day Harper & Row 67 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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