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Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1678

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

—Henry Peacham, 1622

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

—Marty Feldman, 1969

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

—Maria Edgeworth, 1809

Big head, little wit.

—French proverb
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