No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

  • -- P. J. O'Rourke P.J.O'Rourke公司

没有一个幽默家有义务提供答案如果你要深入研究幽默的文学史很可能就是不提供答案因为幽默家本质上说:事情就是这样。

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Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour, for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

幽默是对严肃的唯一检验,而严肃的幽默则是对严肃的唯一检验,因为不受嘲笑的主题是可疑的,不受严肃检验的笑话是虚假的机智。

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

幽默作家不会做那么多笔记。