"If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the……" — Mark Helprin
"If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying our calling, even if the modern professional intellectual, a poseur by nature, has yet to discover this."
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