Charlie Chaplin on how understanding human nature is the foundation of all success.

What Makes People Laugh

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Amanda Stern
February 08, 2023

I found this excerpt in Reader's Digest from an unidentified book on Charlie Chaplin from 1922.

He gets at the heart of comedy and human nature–too often, we fight back against reality, causing ourselves more difficulty, often looking foolish in our attempts to deny the truth, and creating more suffering than if we learned to accept what is.

From Reader's Digest 1922-1923

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