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A joke worth laughing at always has an idea behind it, and usually a subversive idea. — George Orwell

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A joke worth laughing at always has an idea behind it, and usually a subversive idea.

George Orwell
1940
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JokesPower of humor
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1940
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George Orwell
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Orwell, George. "Charles Dickens." Inside the Whale and Other Essays. Victor Gollancz, 1940, pt. 6.

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