On Being Betrothed to Laughter

“I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world.”

– Peter Ustinov

Ecclesiastes 2:2

2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

See other: Often Ignored Bible Verses

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In English, a jill is a female ferret; to jill means female masturbation.

When Navajo babies laugh for the first time, they get a party. The food is paid for by whoever made the baby laugh.

The Republican Party is the only political party in U.S. history to win a Presidential Election without achieving a majority of the popular vote. As a result, three Republicans were elected President even though their main opponent received more votes.

More than half the world’s population has seen a James Bond film.

During the Second World War, the Führer oath that every party member, officer and soldier had to take contained the words “I swear in the name of almighty God, my loyalty to the Führer.” Also, the belt buckles of German soldiers were inscribed with ‘Gott mit uns’ (God on our side).

See other: Quite Interesting Facts

On Laughing and Crying

“I came into this world and everyone was laughing as I was crying. I leave this world and everyone is crying and I am laughing.”

– Kabir

Risible [Adj.]

1. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; funny.
2. (of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter.

On Hidden Truths

“When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.”

– George Bernard Shaw

On Comedy and Seriousness

“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”

– Peter Ustinov

You Already Have Everything You Need

The most interesting thing you have is you: your instincts, your curiosity, and your own ignorance. But the great paradox is that, in order to be most yourself, you have to shut up about how much you know.

The great American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote that the greatest poets carry ‘us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own’. We all have this lofty strain; we just have to find our frequency.

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself

See other: Philosophy of Interestingness