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I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BC

Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1678

Laughter always arises from a gaiety of disposition, absolutely incompatible with contempt and indignation.

—Voltaire, 1736

Big head, little wit.

—French proverb

A jest breaks no bones.

—Samuel Johnson, 1781
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