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Irvin S. Cobb [1876-1944] American
Rank: 101
Journalist, Author


Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.

Humor, Work



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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. Humor
101
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
102
A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
103
As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid. Work
104
A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
105
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
106
A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
107
An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
108
Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
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