“His whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling.”
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
“Stepan Arkadyevitch, who liked a joke, was fond of puzzling a plain man by saying that if he prided himself on his origin, he ought not to stop at Rurik and disown the first founder of his family-- the monkey.”
“A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.”
“Is that a joke? Please tell me you're joking. -SophieI never joke about carnivorous bunnies. -Luca”
“A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”