Quote of the Day for 2016-09-19

"But look, you are hiding a lance under your clothes, surely."

— Aristophanes (circa 446-386 BCE) Lysistrata, scene 6 (411 BCE) translation was done anonymously, but is presumed to have been Oscar Wilde

Mae West as Catherine II, from her play Catherine Was Great (1944)

Quote of the Day for 2016-08-20

"This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."

— Horace Walpole (1717-1797) Letter to Sir Horace Mann (December 31, 1769)

Charlie Chaplin in Shoulder Arms (1918)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-10

"Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny."

— Father Ronald Knox (1888-1957) Introduction to Essays in Satire

Donald Trump