When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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A selected quote by George Bernard Shaw.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed
Every thing possible to be believed is an image of truth
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation
... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth