Definition of Comedy

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Comedy

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.

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Comedy Quotations

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
Erma Bombeck

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.
Gilda Radner

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
Steve Martin

Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
Steve Martin

I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just doing stand-up comedy.
Dennis Miller

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace Walpole

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
Horace Walpole

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
Horace Walpole

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
Horace Walpole

Comedy Translations

comedy in Afrikaans is komedie
comedy in Dutch is blijspel, komedie
comedy in Spanish is comedia
comedy in Swedish is komedi, lustspel

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