A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar International, 1991.
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul 18 1902-1984), US author; She wrote stories based on her Quaker ancestors, e.g., The Friendly Persuasion, 1945.