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> [O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/o-to-be-sure-we-laugh-less-and-play-less-and-wear-uncomfortable/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

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## More by Leo Rosten

> [Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-fiction-has-to-make-sense/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/there-was-no-answer-no-solution-no-sop-no-deliverance-what-then-did-i/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/people-say-idle-curiosity-the-one-thing-that-curiosity-cannot-be-is/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/everyone-in-some-small-sacred-sanctuary-of-the-self-is-nuts/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [ What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? \[A Herring\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/what-s-green-hangs-on-a-wall-and-whistles-a-herring/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/dogs-are-getting-bigger-according-to-a-leading-dog-manufacturer/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/acting-is-a-form-of-deception-and-actors-can-mesmerize-themselves/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [Her cooking suggested she had attended the Cordon Noir.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/her-cooking-suggested-she-had-attended-the-cordon-noir/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [“The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/the-purpose-of-life-is-not-to-be-happy-but-to-matter-to-be-productive/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/for-some-not-to-be-martyrs-is-martyrdom-indeed/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [“Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/anybody-who-hates-dogs-and-babies-can-t-be-all-bad/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/o-to-be-sure-we-laugh-less-and-play-less-and-wear-uncomfortable/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/where-was-it-ever-promised-us-that-life-on-this-earth-can-ever-be/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/first-rate-people-hire-first-rate-people-second-rate-people-hire/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

> [The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-rosten/the-purpose-of-life-is-not-to-be-happy-the-purpose-of-life-is-to/)

[Leo Rosten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-rosten/)

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