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Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.
When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.
When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.
That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...
If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...
 Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
 For wit is news only to ignorance.
  Lesse read more 
 Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
 For wit is news only to ignorance.
  Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
   Thy person share, and the conceit advance. 
A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.
A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.