Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes on Humor
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With Donne, whose muse on dromedary trots, Wreathe iron pokers into true-love knots; Rhyme's sturdy cripple, fancy's maze and clue, Wit's forge and fire-blast, meaning's press and screw.
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'Ha! ha!' quoth he, 'full plain I see, The Devil knows how to row.'
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Humour is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.
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I am glad you came in to punctuate my discourse, which I fear has gone on for an hour without any stop at all.
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Farce may often border on tragedy; indeed, farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.