I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BC
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Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969He 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, 1732A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot, 1876Big head, little wit.
—French proverb