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I said about laughter, "It is crazy,"

The direct quotation can be translated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "I said that it is crazy to laugh at things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations)

What use is it?

The author uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that pleasure is useless. Alternate translation: "It is useless." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)