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“There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself. This is laughter at its best. A man to whom such laughter has often been granted may happen to die in a work-house. No matter. I will not admit that he has failed in life. Another man, who has never laughed thus, may be buried in Westminster Abbey, leaving more than a million pounds overhead. What then? I regard him as a failure.”

Source: And Even Now: And, A Christmas Garland

“But to die of laughter--this, too, seems to me a great euthanasia.”

Seems Dies Laughter Euthanasia

Book:The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

“there is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. A book may fail, but who is there to know it? It dies and is buried, and is decently interred on the bookseller's shelf; but the play dies to laughter, to scorn and disdain.”

Knows May Doe Book Play Dies Failing Laughter Theater Pity Buried Contempt Shelves Scorn Shameful Disdain Booksellers

Book:My Story

Source: My Story

“Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor ... with nausea, laughter, or both.”

Dies Directors Laughter Debut Nausea Freaky

Author:John Roecker