Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

Max Beerbohm

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Laughter Humor

Author

Max Beerbohm

Source

Laughter

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Beerbohm, Max. "Laughter." And Even Now. William Heinemann, 1920.

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The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic
Suffering The human condition

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Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Farewell to Arms
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Another quote from 1920

Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Topic
Parents and children

Author

Ring Lardner
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.