Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.


"On Wit and Humour". - Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)


Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they...