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“The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for a just world.

— Harvey Cox

The greater the suffering depicted, the more terrible the events, the more intense our pleasure.

— Edith Hamilton

I think if you have a comic perspective, almost anything that happens you tend to put through a comic filter. It's a way of…

— Woody Allen

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to…

— Marc Maron

It is sometimes forgotten how much wit there is in certain works of abstract art. There is a certain point in undergoing anguish when…

— Robert Motherwell

There are lots of theories that the simpler a comic character is drawn the more relatable they become. People can imprint themselves onto the…

— Charles Forsman

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic…

— Dick Cavett

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which…

— Thornton Wilder

You look for comic relief in difficult times.

— Colin Morgan