Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece.

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A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7)
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Lost Lambs
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
The Land and Its People
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Bossypants
Good Omens
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
Yes Please
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
The Importance of Being Earnest
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
The Princess Bride
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

Lao Tzu
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Lao Tzu

Arthur Schopenhauer
The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail it has the character of a comedy.
Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

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