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Classical antiquity1 quote
Why should truth not be impress'd Beneath the cover of a jest. — Horace · 34 BC
The 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