"Sense of humour" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to his new-found relative the simple story of his adventures at home, no doubt Madam Bernstein, who possessed a great sense of humour and a remarkable knowledge of the world, formed her judgment respecting the persons and events described; and if her opinion was not in all respects favourable, what can be said but that men and women are imperfect, and human life not entirely ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... perhaps authors might be more daring and candid than they are with advantage, and write regular criticisms of their own books in their prefaces, for nobody can be so good a critic of himself as the author—if he has a sense of humour. If he has not, the less he says ...
— The Orange Fairy Book • Andrew Lang
... error to suppose that our law has no sense of humour, because for the most part the judges ...
— Law and Laughter • George Alexander Morton
... to tread in that magic circle only by an exquisite refinement of taste, and by a delicate sense of humour, which is the best preservative against all extravagance. Both qualities combine in that tender delineation of character which is, after all, one of his greatest charms. His Puritan blood shows itself in sympathy, not with the stern side of ...
— Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) • Leslie Stephen
... had a grim sense of humour, and enjoyed nothing more than really elaborate foolery. Such as, for example, the celebrated case ...
— Gold • Stewart White
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