“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
“It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us: Beware of interfering with its purpose! For when language is seriously interfered with, when it is disjoined from truth, be it from mere incompetence or worse, from malice, horrors can descend again on mankind.” MadeUsePurposeLanguageMankindHorrorTruth IsMereAncestorInterfereMaliceIncompetence Author:Chinua Achebe