A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke
If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.
Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.