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Irvin S. Cobb
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“[Humor]: In its essence, merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”
Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kernels from the Cobb", in "Quote" magazine, vol. 1, no. 19, Indianapolis, IN (May 10, 1941), p. 5
“If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.”
Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in , vol. 62, no. 369 (January 1953); cited in The Reader's Digest Treasury of Modern Quotations (1975), p. 411