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Quotation by William Hazlitt
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American Literature Dr. Channing first published in Edinburgh Review (Oct. 1829)Characteristics (first published anonymously in 1823)Characteristics published anonymously (1823)Characteristics first published anonymously (1823)Characteristics (1823)Related Subjects
tragedy (22) funny (3) theater (3) satire (2) life (2) God (1) laughter (1) insects (1) mating (1) appearance (1)
Comedy naturally wears itself out—destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830), British essayist. "On Modern Comedy," The Round Table (1817).
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