William James on Humor
Browse 2 quotations attributed to William James, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
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Attributed to William James, entry #154064: "Inferiority is always with us, and merciless scorn of it is the keynote of the military temper."
Attributed to William James, entry #52461: "It is an odd circumstance that neither the old nor the new, by itself, is interesting; the absolutely old is insipid; the absolutely new makes no appeal at all. The old in the new…"
2 Quotes by William James on Humor
"Inferiority is always with us, and merciless scorn of it is the keynote of the military temper."
"It is an odd circumstance that neither the old nor the new, by itself, is interesting; the absolutely old is insipid; the absolutely new makes no appeal at all. The old in the new is what claims the attention,—the old with a slightly new turn."