A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in…

Shakespeare, William. "Love's Labour's Lost." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. Love's Labour's Lost. 1597, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.

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