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Jesters do oft prove prophets.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1605

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

Jests and scoffs do lessen majesty and greatness and should be far from great personages and men of wisdom.

—Henry Peacham, 1622

A jest breaks no bones.

—Samuel Johnson, 1781

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

—George Eliot, 1876
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