"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance." ― W. Somerset Maugham Topic(s): Humor More From W. Somerset Maugham "If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." "Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered." "Only a mediocre person is always at his best." More In Humor "The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life."― Robin Roberts "The president of General Motors was in a foul humor."― Arthur Hailey "I try to cope with everything through humor."― Gail Porter