The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling the comic story and the witty story upon the matter. (Mark Twain)

The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.

Mark Twain

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