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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I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BCA jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot, 1876There is nothing sillier than a silly laugh.
—Catullus, c. 60 BC