The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
— James Thurber  ·  Humor

📚 名句词汇解析

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world [wɝld] 词频1
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
humorist ['hju:mərist]
n. 幽默作家;富于幽默感的人;谈吐诙谐者;滑稽演员;
"He was also a famous humorist, a spinner of yarns."
他又是著名的幽默家和讲故事的好手.
近义：parodist
himself [hɪm'sɛlf] 词频1
pron. （反身代词）他自己;（用以加强语气）他亲自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他总是觉得自己一无是处, 便企图自杀.
近义：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself
satirist ['sætirist] 词根: 满足
n. 讽刺作家;
"Voltaire was a famous French satirist."
伏尔泰是法国一位著名的讽刺作家.
persons
n. 人员；人们（person的复数）
近义：people, folks
makes
v. 做, 制作（make的第三人称单数）

📜 James Thurber 的更多名言

"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority."
"I hate women because they always know where things are."
"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?"
"Its better to know some of the questions, than all of the answers."
"You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward."
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🏷 更多「Humor」名言

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."
— Mel Brooks
"That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you."
— A. Whitney Brown
"Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them."
— Lewis Mumford
"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will."
— John Kenneth Galbraith
"The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour."
— Unknown
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