Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature. Laughter hath only a scornful tickling.
—Philip Sidney, 1582
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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot, 1876Jokes are grievances.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1969Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BC