"It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified."
Chesterton?
C.S. Lewis?
That's Chesterton!
Yay! Bakiryu and Rapid are correct! It is GK Chesterton! Very good guys! (I do adore C.S.Lewis though Virgil!)