Only the exceptionally equanimous person can allow himself to be absurd

Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.

Only exceptional rational men can afford to be absurd.

When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.

I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.

Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.