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

—Voltaire, 1736

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

—George Eliot, 1876

I used to think that everyone was just being funny. But now I don’t know. I mean, how can you tell?

—Andy Warhol, 1970

A jest breaks no bones.

—Samuel Johnson, 1781

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1605
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