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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

—George Eliot, 1876

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

—Maria Edgeworth, 1809

He who laugheth too much, hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all, hath the nature of an old cat.

—Thomas Fuller, 1732

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

—Marty Feldman, 1969

Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.

—Francis Bacon, 1597
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