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Absurdity
Absurdity. A statement or
belief manifestly inconsistent
with one's own opinion
?Pierce
Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I
always think that the chances of finding
out what really is going on are so
absurdly remote that the only
thing to do is to say hang the sense
of it and just keep yourself occupied.
?Douglas Adams
In the consciousness of the truth
he has perceived, man now sees
everywhere only the awfulness or
the absurdity of existence...
and loathing seizes him.
?Nietzsche
The privilege of absurdity, to which no
living creature is subject but men only.
?Thomas Hobbes
An ostentatious man will rather relate a
blunder or an absurdity he has committed,
than be debarred from
talking of his own dear person.
?Joseph Addison
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
?Napoleon
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the
imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
?Samuel Johnson
Life is full of infinite absurdities,
which, strangely enough, do not even need to
appear plausible, since they are true.
?Luigi Pirandello