Humour Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“At these words I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken. I thought to myself, “With what tongue shall I address such majesty, seeing that all…

— Martin Luther

“I know that a pretty doll, a fair fool, might do well enough for the honeymoon; but when passion cooled, how dreadful to find…

— Charlotte Brontë

“And whatsomever else shall hap tonight, give it an understanding but no tongue, I will requit your love. So, fare your well. My lord,…

— William Shakespeare

“I yet beseech your majesty,-- If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend,…

— William Shakespeare

“I have no doubt at all the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my "literary" sins -- The other…

— Robert W. Service

“Oh, William, what pitiable creatures we men are! When we go to church we make the devil angry, when we enjoy ourselves in the…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Well, then, go you into hell? BEATRICE No, but to the gate; and there will the devil meet me, like an old cuckold, with…

— William Shakespeare

“You cannot imagine what wrath and sadness overcome your whole soul when a great idea, which you have long cherished as holy, is caught…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods themselves,…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The fool that willingly provokes a woman, has made himself another evil angel and a new hell to which all other torments are but…

— Francis Beaumont

“A small ounce of hope, maliciously fed, caused all this destruction in my head. He said only one word, just a small possibility…. It…

— Starr

“The pun is the dung of the mind which soars. The jest falls, no matter where; and the mind after producing a piece of…

— Victor Hugo