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Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
by Ambrose Bierce (Journalist, American , born in 1842) keywords: american, cookery, his, humorist, intellectual, leaving, out, salt, spoils, which , wit The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
by James Thurber (Comedian, American , born in 1894) keywords: apart, doing, everywhere, fun, himself, humorist, identifies, makes, nature, other, persons, purpose, revealing, satirist, simply, taking, their, them, true, wit , world The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
by Peter De Vries (Novelist, American , born in 1910) topics: Humor keywords: again, alive, another, back, brings, chance, eventually, him, his, humorist, kill, prey, releases, satirist, shoots , while