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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of… — James Thurber

Short story

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

James Thurber
1953
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Comedy
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Short story
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1953
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James Thurber
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Thurber, James. "The Duchess and the Bugs." Lanterns & Lances. Harper & Brothers, 1961.

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