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Jean de La Bruyère on Funny

1645–1696 France

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I never have wit until I am below stairs.

Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.

He must be a dull Fellow indeed, whom neither Love, Malice, nor Necessity, can inspire with Wit.

The Characters or Manners of the Present Age (1688)

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