Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof.
Source: In Quotations to Cheer You Up When the World is Getting You Down, by Allen Klein, 1991.
-- Stephen Leacock, (Dec 30 1869-1944), Canadian author, educator, economist, humorist; He was an economic professor noted for popular humor books, literary biographies.