Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different. (Oscar Wilde)

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.

Oscar Wilde

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