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I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BC

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

—Marty Feldman, 1969

Jokes are grievances.

—Marshall McLuhan, 1969

Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1678

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

—George Eliot, 1876
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