To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand. (Ambrose Bierce)

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

Ambrose Bierce

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