The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the worl…

James Thurber
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. ✨ Interview with Edward R. Murrow on Small World, CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.
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