"A joke's a very serious thing." — Charles Churchill
"A joke's a very serious thing."
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Charles Churchill
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51 Quotes by Charles Churchill
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
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Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
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Genius is independent of situation.
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No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
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Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
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Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
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Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies,…
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He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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Genius is of no country.
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The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the…
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded…
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More Humor Quotes
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
— Aristotle
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
— Aristotle
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Wit is educated insolence.
— Aristotle
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
— Aristotle
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The secret to humor is surprise.
— Aristotle
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
— Aristotle
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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about…
— J. J. Abrams
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
— Isaac Asimov
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
— Isaac Asimov
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— Francis of Assisi
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
— Jane Austen
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