Quote#Humour & Wit
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up,…
Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us?" (1897).
English (original)
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
— Mark Twain
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