In a theater, it happened that a fire started offstage. The clown came out to tell the audience. They thought it was a joke and applauded. He told them again, and they became still more hilarious. This is the way, I suppose, that the world will be destroyed-amid the universal hilarity of wits and wags who think it is all a joke.[Det hendte paa et Theater, at der gik Ild i Coulisserne. Bajads kom for at underrette Publicum derom. Man troede, det var en Vittighed og applauderede; han gjentog det; man jublede endnu mere. Saaledes tænker jeg, at Verden vil gaae til Grunde under almindelig Jubel af vittige Hoveder, der troer, at det er en Witz.]
Source:Part I, Diapsalmata
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