Big Book of Wit

So man is awarded by nature: when it is funny, he can laugh. And if the geniuses from ordinary mortals differ, then first of all - the ability to combine the great and funny at any moment of life, sometimes their most winged searse were born in the days of adversity.
The heroes of our book were great philosophers and poets, scientists and writers, playwrights and politicians who were also remembered by humanity as great wit. Their life is immortalized not only in serious biographies, but also in collections of jokes and funny stories, sometimes their own composition.
In our anthology of fun geniuses, Mark Twain discusses Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison finds a common language with Conan Doyle, and Mikhail Zoshchenko with Albert Einstein himself. Funny and instructive stories from the life of celebrities, their quotes, winged words and witty jokes, which have long become part of popular folklore, will once again prove that the titans of thoughts and spirit remain great even in a ridiculous one.
Compiled by S. Z. Kodzova