John Clifford Mortimer, who wrote the "Rumpole of the Bailey" stories, once said that comedy is "the only thing worth writing in this despairing age, provided the comedy is truly on the side of the lonely, the neglected and the unsuccessful, and plays its part in the war against established rules."
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Humourist Josh Billings said, "There are many people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them."
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Naturalist John Muir said, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."