We shall find ourselves about where the Comic spirit would place us, if we stand at middle distance between the inveterate opponents and the drum-and-fife supporters of Comedy: 'Comme un point FIXE fait remarquer l'emportement des autres,' as Pascal says.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
They had had rather a bad time of it crossing the Pont FIXE, a wrecked bridge that was under observation from the German position.
"From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade"
Frederic C. Curry
He has defined Comedy as the contrast of the middle way, the way of common sense, with our human vagaries, "Comme un point FIXE fait remarquer l'emportement des autres."
"The Psychology of Beauty"
Ethel D. Puffer