William Shakespeare on Comedy
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“There's the humour of it.”
“Jesters do often prove prophets.”
“A dry jest, sir…. I have them at my fingers' end.”
“Now I perceive the devil understands Welsh; And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous.”
“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.”
“A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.”