I have collected most of Bertrand Russell’s books over the years. Browsing through Dear Bertrand Russell recently, the following passage made me laugh and reminded me of how he is quite possibly the wittiest of all philosophers. A correspondent writes:
I am grateful for your autobiography. Thank you. I have already thanked God …
to which Russell replies
I am pleased that you liked my autobiography, but troubled that you thanked God for it, because that suggests that He has infringed my copyright.