“Julius Caesar is supposed to have said that he did not see how an augur or priest could look at another priest without both of them bursting into laughter. What a smart man this Caesar must have been! I happen to have a hard time understanding even how two men can look at each other at all and keep from laughing; and what I comprehend least of all is how one author can look at another author without both of them splitting their sides with laughter.”
– S. Kierkegaard, “Literary Quicksilver”, The Corsair Affair and Articles Related to the Writings (Kierkegaard’s Writings, vol. 13), trans. H. V. Hong and E. H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982), p. 83 (my stress)
D. L. Dusenbury 