"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
"It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears."
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Source: Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.52, Vintage
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