A critic, after a life devoted to spoiling the pleasure of others, was astonished to find himself in eternal hellfire. “Judge not, lest ye be Judged,” giggled a passing fiend, and all Hades rocked with laughter at this wit. Moral: When you have all Eternity to get through, it is a blessing to be among those who are easily amused.
ATTRIBUTION:
Stan Washburn (b. 1943), U.S. artist. Caption accompanying an illustration for the letter C.. A Moral Alphabet of Vice and Folly, Arbor House (1986).
