“Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.” MadeAnimalQualityGloryLaughterTeethMediumsMisfortunesSavagesMaliceHintsAncestryGleeMisfortunes Of OthersSchadenfreude Author:Eric Hoffer
“Wine makes all things possible. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, The Mystery Knight A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones Nothing burns like the cold. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones Laughter is poison to fear.” MadeGamesMysteryTreeWindColdLaughterAll ThingsWinePoisonThronesLiving ThingsKnightsCold Wind Author:George R. R. Martin
“If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and the dreams of anger are made real, the representative art will be high comedy. Art will be the laughter of intelligence, as it is in Plato, in Mozart, in Stendhal.” IfsMenArtMadeRealDreamTurnsCitiesComedyLaughterAssumingRepresentativesPlatoJungleMarxismPolisFuture Society Book:Language and silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman Source: Language and silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman