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Mark Twain said, "the secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow".
In response to this question, we should note that in his philosophy, the opposite of suffering is not joy, but rather cowardice and evasiveness.
It's worth remembering something that Mark Twain had to say about humor: "The secret source of humor is not joy, but sorrow; there is no humor in heaven".
And though there is only a hint of smile in his photographs, it hints at what Lincoln knew too well: that, as Mark Twain pointed out, "the secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow".
It is not at all surprising that the first reaction we scientists and engineers might have upon learning that we have a job interview is not joy and elation, but terror and confusion: Oh God--What am I going to wear?
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful".
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Those vehicles are not joy riding.
That is not to say that Armstrong was unaware of the feelings that are not joy.
Her first reaction when she crossed the line was not joy, but relief.
"That's not joy.
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