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Classical antiquity2 quotes
Humor very often cuts the knot of serious questions more trenchantly and successfully than severity. — Horace · 34 BCWhy should truth not be impress'd
Beneath the cover of a jest. — Horace · 34 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it. — William Shakespeare · 1597