“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the
thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure
scientific mind.”— Essayist E. B. White, Preface to A Subtreasury of American Humor, edited
by E. B. White and Katherine S. White (1941)Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Quote of the Day (E. B. White, on Dissecting Humor)
“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the
thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure
scientific mind.”— Essayist E. B. White, Preface to A Subtreasury of American Humor, edited
by E. B. White and Katherine S. White (1941)
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