Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
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None, it is said, of all who revelled with the Regent, was half so wicked as Lord George Hell.
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Have you ever noticed there is never any third act to a nightmare They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there.
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The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.
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No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
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You will find my last words in the blue folder.
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