Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

—Thornton Wilder

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About Thornton Wilder

Portrait of Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the...

More quotations from Thornton Wilder

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners—your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards—who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.

—Thornton Wilder

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude.

—Thornton Wilder

The sun rose this morning at 6:32 A.M. This gratifying event was first reported by Mrs. Dorothy Stetson of Freeport, Long Island, who promptly telephoned the mayor. The Society for Affirming the End of the World at once went into a special session and postponed the arrival of that event for twenty-four hours. All honor to Mrs. Stetson for her public spirit.

—Thornton Wilder

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Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

—Thornton Wilder

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Without your wounds where would your power be? The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken in the wheels of living. In love's service, only the wounded soldiers can serve.

—Thornton Wilder

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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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A joke's a very serious thing.

—Charles Churchill

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Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.

—Dame Edna Everage

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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

—David M. Ogilvy

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