Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678
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Jests and scoffs do lessen majesty and greatness and should be far from great personages and men of wisdom.
—Henry Peacham, 1622Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1809Big head, little wit.
—French proverb