“He saw the humorous aspect of everything, which is the real test of the tragic sense.”

—  Henry Miller, book The Colossus of Maroussi

"He" is Miller's friend George Katsimbalis, the "Colossus" of the book's title.
The Colossus of Maroussi (1941)

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